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Bubblenomics is back. Markets have become completely detached from economic reality – and it’s going to get ugly
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 11:40 AM
There can be no doubt about it. Bubblenomics is back. The stock market is at dotcom highs. House prices are rising. Markets reckon interest rates will remain at 0.5pc for at least another three years, despite official forecasts for GDP growth to have been a solid 2pc for two years by then. And a single [...]Rows over gay marriage and Europe can hurt the Conservatives. The NHS can kill them
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Dear reader, may I beg a moment of your time? Id like you to complete a quick survey just two questions. 1. When was the last time you did the following: A) Went to a doctor or a hospital for medical treatment? B) Entered into a lifelong sexual partnership with someone of the same [...]The Tory Right’s humiliation over gay marriage should remind it that it can’t simply opt out of the 21st century
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Looking out across the blood-soaked battlefield at Asculum in 280BC, the victorious Greek, King Pyrrhus, turned to one of his generals and remarked: One more such victory, and we shall be undone. Sitting in Downing Street, reflecting on last nights successful passage of his same-sex marriage bill, David Cameron could be forgiven for entertaining similar [...]Schizophrenic investors expect slump: bet on boom
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 11:11 AM
The latest poll of Morgan Stanleys top clients from across the world says it all. Chief economist Joachim Fels tells us that not a single investor at the banks Florence forum thought the world economy would rebound with any strength later this year. Just a quarter expect a return to trend growth. Some 57pc think [...]Ukip are poised to out-poll the Tories. Is this the tipping point?
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Now that the same-sex marriage bill has been passed, the Cameroons will be breathing a sigh of relief. They will be hoping to put the whole issue behind them, at least for a while. What they fail to recognise, however, is that yesterdays farcical events have continued to hand political capital to Ukip. From the [...]We like to pretend we’re going to ‘kick the bastard MPs out’, but actually we love to let them back in
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 09:59 AM
The British electorate are a curious bunch. We are always happy to castigate MPs as expense-fiddling, out-of-touch cronies. But when were giving a chance to put our words into action what do we do? We loyally vote them back in. Perhaps, if we think all politicians are bastards, we just prefer those we already know. [...]The big winner of last night’s gay marriage vote is the metrosexual establishment
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 09:38 AM
The establishment used to look like the cast of Yes, Minister. They were grey-haired, bowler-hatted and church-going. They spoke the Queens English and believed in Queen and country. Many hailed from, and lived in, the countryside. They were white, middle-class, middle-aged men. Sexual preferences were kept hidden under bed covers. Todays establishment is an altogether [...]Cartoon Caption Competition – Winner!
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 09:04 AM
We have a winner! Among some really very very good entries, falconer99 came out top with this. (Please email cartoonist@telegraph.co.uk with your address and Ill post you the original cartooon!) Next one will be up on Wednesday.
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