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What?! Businesses like making profits?!

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Against a background of Government spending cuts and a disgruntled public, Vince Cable, the UK business secretary, today gave a speech that was roundly condemned by UK businesses. I provide a selection of the more excitable and indignant retorts: “He’s the business … Continue reading →

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Nutty monopolies

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

The market for teachers is an odd one. This week, the UK’s National Union of Teachers (NUT) was up in arms, this time dramatically declaring that schools are breaking the law by using classroom assistants to fill in for teachers. … Continue reading →

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