Cuts, Riots, Apathy and being away

Has it really been that long?

I have been in the Far East recently, a mixture of work (which due to HM's OSA I cannot divulge) and a bit of R&R.

I have only recently returned and this weather is causing me all sorts of problems. Spending time in 30 plus degrees then coming back to single figures can be a shock to the system to say the least.

I spent yesterday in the club watching that frightful Osbourne chappy mumbling on about this and that interspersed with conversations with Baxter and a fine 12yr old malt.

I am surprised today that the prols haven't taken to the streets like our friends across the water. Our Govt has made cuts and changed retirement ages considerably more than Zarcosy has.

The public sector are up in arms and waving their marxist flags in the air, still some say that this will give them a taste of what the private sector is like.

And why ring fence the NHS? There's a pit that seems to guzzle lots of money. Keep A&E as that is a wonderful service, but get rid of the back end bit which is where all the money is squandered, do away with NI contributions and make everyone go private, like the USA.

Politics is tiring, everyone has an opinion, we have a massive debt and are headed the way of becoming a 2nd rate country that everyone vaguely remembers. A bit like Liverpool FC. But without the Red Sox bail out.

Im off to see Finbar, my old hedge-fund / investment banker friend later, Im sure he'll have a lot to say on whats going on. He's also consulting with one of the top UK companies on how to move more tax liabilities off shore, cant disclose for obvious reasons. If HMRC got their arse in gear that would be an £8bn gain.

Perhaps trading in Opium again is the answer, its worked before.
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