13 APRIL 1991, page 21

Lamont In Luck

I SAY, how lacking in the true European spirit. The East Germans have been throw- ing eggs at that jolly Mr Kohl. They do not seem to like monetary union, at least in the form......

Go-faster Stripes

ABOUT time too. Even the car-makers' lobby was able to mount no more than a reflex whinge at its passing. It had survived from the days when the taxman would take' up to 83p in......

City And Suburban

The company rural barouche goes down with a terminal puncture CHRISTOPHER FILDES I WAS enjoying the refined calm of Paddington station, praised by Lord Ick- enham in Uncle Fred......

Nigel The Bouncer

IF YOU are looking for a King Charles spaniel, you do not buy a terrier. If you do not want combative instincts, you do not hire Nigel Lawson. Sir Martin Jacomb, his chairman at......

Precious Metals

MY PET plan for imprudent building societies — making them invest in gold bars — has put business in Peter Hambro's way (Letters, page 22) and has given the banks an idea about......