Category Archives: Commerce

Boardroom Banditry

Posted on May 18, 2018 by davidsberry

Over thirty years ago, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) switched from traditional face-to-face share dealing to electronic trading that helped it outpace competitors and become a magnet for international banks. The City jumped from the 19th Century into the threshold … Continue reading →

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Forget the Free: It’s the Land of MONEY

Posted on May 7, 2018 by davidsberry

America is an amazing place. The country is huge, blessed with spectacular scenery, bountiful resources and a diverse population sharing a can-do attitude. So, to speculate on its imminent demise may appear counter-intuitive, if not downright perverse. The 20th century … Continue reading →

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A Zuckerberg Born Every Minute

Posted on April 11, 2018 by davidsberry

Just about everyone wants things to be run for the good of the public, as opposed to the despotic barbarism abusing it that litters human history. Where we get ourselves into conflict and difficulty is in agreeing on what constitutes … Continue reading →

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Brexit Bovver Boyz

Posted on March 31, 2018 by davidsberry

“Fog in the Channel; Continent cut off!” Exactly one year from now it will be too late to overrule what is primarily a Home Counties fixation with the Channel being restored as an antiseptic moat to safeguard English culture. Enthusiasm … Continue reading →

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Trading Up

Posted on March 27, 2018 by davidsberry

This week saw the first meeting for the upcoming season of NBBC . Who? Well,, it is hardly surprising our far-flung readership might not have heard en NBBC. But even most locals are equally in the dark. Now, before Auntie … Continue reading →

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Nobbut Muck—Wi’owt Brass

Posted on March 5, 2018 by davidsberry

We Scots have got used to London regarding Peterborough as a northern town two stops short of the Arctic Circle. Regular readers may already be bracing themselves for more Union-bashing broadsides. But fear not; it is actually a plea for … Continue reading →

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Republicans Want to Turn the Entire Country into Oklahoma

Posted on February 9, 2018 by davidsberry

By Paul Waldman  February 8, 2018   © Washington Post We have in this country an essentially unchanging disagreement about what model of governance will produce the best economic and social results. Democrats advocate what we might call weak social democracy: … Continue reading →

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Ich Bin Ein Amerikaner

Posted on January 31, 2018 by davidsberry

This week, Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address was countered by a rebuttal from the Democrats in the form of  Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, who made an eloquent and passionate speech, made more symbolic coming from … Continue reading →

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Phoenix: Rising Fast…but Then Ashes?

Posted on December 3, 2016 by davidsberry

Jet-lagged and shocked by temperature differentials, this may not be cohesive. especially after a 3-month hiatus in writing this blog. A month in the capital of Arizona is a real experience of the American Dream writ large. At 4.3m people … Continue reading →

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Chiels That Winna Ding?

Posted on July 29, 2016 by davidsberry

In the midst of a Twitter storm this week, I realised that the bulk of the 3,000+ responses to a chart I published were from unionists, almost all of whom appeared to insist that the only debate that could be … Continue reading →

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