Monday 5 September 2011

Portrait of a nation

Our government is lining things up to sell hospitals to foreign corporations. Nick Clegg says he has 'used up a lot of political capital' (he means with Mr Cameron, not with the electors) and so he can make no further changes to the NHS bill.

Our security services are revealed as having organised their own rendition exercise to Colonel Gaddafi's Libya, after its sanctification by Tony Blair.

Planning policies and codes of conduct for local councillors are to be torn up.

FTSE 100 chief executive pay packages have risen by almost 50% since last year.

But the eggs are happy (hens' eggs that is).

And the chocolate trade is fair (tell it not in Zug).