5 JULY 1997, page 22

U Who

I OBSERVE that Clare Short is a boon- doggle fancier. She is paying up — well, we are — for Unido. U Who? The United Nations Industrial Development Organisa- tion is one of the......

Don't Argue With Us

WHAT constitutes bad behaviour in the City? Arguing with the government, of course. That goes double for a shiny new Labour government with steam up. So the Legal & General......

For You, Too, Gordon?

HOW topical. Zenith Publishers have sent me the autobiography of Gordon Brown. I never knew that he was in the excavator business. From modest beginnings, he built up Brown......

. . . Stop Backing A Loser

NO DOUBT we shall be told that the deci- sion has been taken and that is too late to turn back. We must have been told that by now about the Eurofighter. This project has been......

City And Suburban

Here's how to budget for a free economy on the last prom of the knights CHRISTOPHER FILDES I t was a good budget, I thought. I liked the cut of one-third in the duty on wine,......

Never Too Late To . . .

THAT'S the trouble with grand projects. You take your eye off the ball for a moment and zip goes £170 million. Last month I was urging Chris Smith to call off his plan for......