10 OCTOBER 1987, page 22

Unpopular Capitalists

POPULAR capitalism and the BP issue will have been much on Nigel Lawson's mind as he prepared to take his bow at Blackpool. The trouble is that his new capitalists are not......

Adjustabuzz

Buzzings in the head are an occupational disease to those who return from interna- tional monetary meetings. They are caused by buzzwords. Gender-aware was this year's newcomer,......

Burnt Pocket

THE Trustee Savings Banks were never exactly privatised, since (subject to various opinions in the House of Lords) they had never been exactly publicised. The objects of the......

City And Suburban

Tell your budgie to lay off BP, but pass the form to your aunt CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he Lord Chief Justice says: do not let your budgie stag the British Petroleum issue unless......