Archive for April, 2010
Ending the vulture culture
April 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
When a General Election is called in the UK, all proposed legislation then in progress in Parliament is subject to a bizarrely named and opaquely executed process known as “wash up”. The Government and Opposition agree which legislation can be rushed to the Statute Book with anything politically controversial usually dropped and much horsetrading. I’m […]
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The most expensive cup of coffee
April 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Sometime ago, I did a blog posting about the most expensive cup of coffee in the world. This followed an experience where a colleague bought me a cup in a London hotel at the utterly outrageous price of £5.20 – but at least that was in the rich West. I’ve just returned from a three-week […]
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Back from China
April 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
We got back last night from an amazing three-week trip to China, so now I’m struggling with jet-lag and copious e-mails and impending meetings. Over the next couple of week, I’ll be writing up a full account of the trip for my web site. You can check it out here.
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