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Have you ever been on a plane making its way to or from the runway at a major airport, trundled past another plane and thought “Christ, I am glad I’m not travelling in that“?
If you have, chances are the plane was one of the dirty, ageing Alitalia fleet.
There was a time when it was an [...]

The dust from the market turmoil of the last 72 hours is starting to settle and what is emerging is a seismic shift in the ideology of an entire nation.
A nation based upon the freedom of the market and with a government that preaches minimal government intervention in daily life let alone the stock markets [...]

I was on an Easyjet flight from BSL to STN last night, it always amazes me how many people still think that getting to the gate first and standing there will get you on the plane first.
Boarding groups were introduced around three years ago, Speedy Boarding more recently so why do people still do it?
They [...]

Following on from the dreadful ideas to shore up the UK mortgage market, Gordon Brown has come up with more measures low on thought and impact, this time to help people with their energy bills.
It seems that this government has decided that not everybody in the UK needs help with their fuel bills. I must [...]

A story on the BBC website says that a Bristol University study claims that across 1,200 hours of radio output, 73% of all comments made by presenters about drinking or getting drunk encouraged drinking.
I have long had a problem with this.
The same radio stations that carry stories about binge drinking will move immediately to a [...]