Tag Archives: UK

Parable, Facts on the Ground

Posted on August 5, 2010 by stacyherbert| 46 Comments

Stacy Summary: Meat from two cloned bulls illegally entered UK food chain. Read the article to see how the US business model of creating illegal facts on the ground are then used to prevent us from opting out of their only option.

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Tagged cloned meat, UK

Murdoch Owned Paper Introduces UK’s New Political Elite . . . Half of Whom Work(ed) for Murdoch or Are Married to Someone Who Works For Murdoch

Posted on May 24, 2010 by stacyherbert| 18 Comments

Stacy Summary: Well, not quite half, but over and over you will read that someone in the ‘new elite’ once worked for either the Times or News of the World or are currently married to someone who works for Times. Anyway, a very delightfully sickening read for you . . .

Britain’s New Political Elite

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Tagged lib-con, new establishment, UK

Brits Wake Up to Find They Have Hung Their Parliament

Posted on May 7, 2010 by stacyherbert| 33 Comments

Stacy Summary: Good morning everyone! So the Brits have brought back the Tories to lead a hung Parliament. Long live the Suppository Salesman! Or not? h/t @Mike/Liverpool – - Brown & Clegg could conspire to keep Cameron out of No. 10.

UPDATE: Clegg to do deal with Cameron

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‘Ratings surveillance’ fees and the UK rating ‘mystery’

Posted on April 29, 2010 by stacyherbert| 47 Comments

Stacy Summary: Apparently, it’s a mystery as to why the UK has not been downgraded.

Rating agencies raking it in on ‘ratings surveillance” fees on CDOs in default

Warning for Britain as financial chaos spreads to Spain

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Tagged cdo, moody's, rating agencies, s & p, surveillance fees, UK

Fitch warns Greeks first year of fiscal austerity is easiest, gets harder next year, and harder still the following year

Posted on March 10, 2010 by stacyherbert| 21 Comments

Stacy Summary: Ooooooh boy. And by the way, there is a downgrade warning in the article just for you @Mike/Liverpool.

Fitch warns UK and questions Greek rescue as sovereign risk grows

“The first year is fiscally the easiest. Next year they have to cut another 3pc of GDP, and the following year a further 3pc,” said Chris Pryce, the agency’s Greece expert. “The great question mark is whether the Papandreou government is going to conform. There is already dissent in the cabinet,” he said.

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Tagged austerity, fitch, greece, UK

UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe;’ BAE developing spy drone strategy for UK

Posted on January 23, 2010 by stacyherbert| 101 Comments

Stacy Summary: I wonder if these two headlines have anything to do with each other? And I wonder who BAE had to bribe to get this contract? Oh yeah, they are one of those too big to fail, too big to investigate firms. Sorry, won’t ask that about them again.