Verdicts Of Peers
THE JOCKEY Club once informed the Prince Regent that the other members must decline to race their horses against his. That was a royal warning off. As a rule, though, the club......
City And Suburban
Proposals to cover this column with concrete save champagne, drink with a friend CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he proposal to pave this column over or to put it down to concrete has......
Could Do Better
IAN BYATT, who regulates them, thinks that they are learning to behave like busi- nesses, even if some of them have learning difficulties. They are spending more money to stop......
Burnt Offering
MANY banks, and indeed many business- es, would be better off if their head offices burned down. They would collect the insur- ance, and without, for example, the person- el......
A Wave Of Manuels
THE LATEST Brown study takes in the European single currency. It won't work, Gordon Brown says, unless Europe tackles unemployment first. I would like to think that he has been......
Electric Light
SINCE there seems to be some confusion, I am happy to cast light on the govern- ment's policy on mergers in the power industry, as it stands this week. You can buy a regional......