I’m a nutter, according to Prince Charles! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/11387237/Prince-Charles-called-Labour-peer-a-nutter-for-trying-to-reform-Duchy-of-Cornwall.html xd150208 Nutter I have a private member’s bill waiting second reading in the lords, which is designed to make the necessary changes to legislation so that the Duchy of Cornwall is classed as a private entity, alongside many other private estates. The Duchy, in its Consultation Document…
I rarely comment on religious affairs, but here is an example of a Welsh reverend with a parish in Blaenau Ffestiniog. He has put in a lot of effort to encourage economic regeneration there, including business involve with the railway there. He is a regular visitor to Romania (as am I on occasions) and Bulgaria,…
2015 New Year message from Tony Berkeley The latest draft of the 4th Railway Package from the Latvian Presidency (see link below) makes depressing reading. It is a pale version of what the Commission started with, a blueprint to revitalise Europe’s railways, to introduce competition and efficiencies, better customer choice and private investment. Since then, Angela…
President Hollande of France has welcomed the award of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics to Jean Tirole as being ‘good for France.’ French economist Jean Tirole’s award was for his work on the financial crises, oligopolies and network industries. He is one of the most influential economists of our time; his publications on industrial organisation…
xt141211 Binnie TTT Review of spill impact xt141212 to de Mauley on TTT Thames Tideway Tunnel no longer necessary – new data shows Thames already complies with EU Directive. Analysis of new data from the Environment Agency, obtained under Freedom of Information Act, means that the Thames already complies with the European Urban Waste Water…
