The BBC was gushing this morning about how the government is now going to save the UK car industry by giving it a very large sum of either taxpayers’ or recently-printed money (this wasn’t clear). The exact amount varied videly through the report; the figure used by a trade union fellow whom they interviewed was [...]
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A modest proposal
Posted in British, tagged car industry on 28 January, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What’s in a name?
Posted in British, tagged ale, brewery on 31 December, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am obliged to the Adur Brewery for recognition on their blog. They appear to be very sensible people because despite their blatant conspiracy to manufacture decent ales they have apparently not fallen into the trap of giving them names so controversial as to get them banned by Nanny.
I don’t know, though. ‘Black William Stout’. [...]
