12 SEPTEMBER 1987, page 23

Nigel's Nice Business

NIGEL Lawson thinks of mass share own- ership as part of the Government's central theme of popular capitalism. The City (I was saying last week) too easily thinks of it as......

Sport And Death

I SHARE with the Governor of the Bank of England a distaste for the concept of putting a bank in play. This piece of market cant implies amassing shares in a company, suggesting......

City And Suburban

The docks' scenic trains lose their drivers and the banks won't trade! CHRISTOPHER FILDES I have taken to travelling on Reg Ward's scenic tramline. More politely called the......

Tip, And Run

BARCLAYS' new chairman John Quinton has been telling the US House of Repre- sentatives about regulating the securities markets. I hope they enjoyed his style. He explained how......