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William Rees-Mogg

                   

If Obama is the next FDR, America is screwed

samizdata.net
6 hrs ago 1 related
        

William Rees-Mogg wonders, in his Times (of London) column today, whether Barack Obama has it in him to be the next FDR. I sincerely hope not. Let us consider the following data on unemployment rates during the 1930s: 1930:...

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Obituary: Lord Thomson of Monifieth

guardian.co.uk
15 hrs ago 1 related
        

Labour minister and Lib Dem peer who backed Europe and broadcasting freedom Lord Thomson of Monifieth, who has died aged 87, was a Labour cabinet minister who became a Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords. Earlier...

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Who will Lehman's take down by proxy?

dizzythinks.net
Sep 15, 2008
        

I have no doubt that the official line, whenever they may be asked about the collapse and filing for Chapter 11 of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, will be somethign like "this is a problem that has started in the...

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Sarah Palin Has Just 65 Days To Prove Herself

freerepublic.com
Sep 1, 2008 5,295 related
        

There are some strong points in her record. She has an 80 per cent approval rating as Governor. I doubt whether there are at present any other governors in the United States whose ratings are even close to hers. Alaska...

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Russia cannot afford to be isolated

almendron.com
Aug 18, 2008 25 related
        

By William Rees-Mogg (THE TIMES, 18/08/08): I feel sure that a debate is going on between the hawks and doves in the Kremlin. I am confident of that because such debates always do exist. There must be equally patriotic...

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Die Achse des Guten: William Rees-Mogg: another Sarajevo moment avoided

israel-network.de
Aug 11, 2008 2 related
        

Since 1914, the major powers have been concerned to avoid another Sarajevo moment, in which the world tumbled into war by accident… No two historic events are identical, but there are disquieting resemblances between the...

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Retro TV W/C 1st August 2008

retrotogo.com
Jul 31, 2008
        

Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...

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The Europhiles are not the future, Mr Obama

independent-bangladesh.com
Jul 21, 2008
        

Most US Presidents share the common American view that Europe will naturally evolve into a United States of Europe William Rees-Mogg It begins to look as though the real presidential election in the United States may have been...

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Peter Wilby: Murat's £800,000 - a minor marketing expense

guardian.co.uk
Jul 20, 2008
        

The 2007 marketing budget for the Sun was estimated at £16m, that for the News of the World at £5m - and the figures are likely to be higher this year. But that is the figure you reach if you divide the collective damages of...

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This recession could easily tip into a depression

almendron.com
Jul 15, 2008 3 related
        

By William Rees-Mogg (THE TIMES, 14/07/08): Today I am celebrating my 80th birthday, an age that seems less formidable when one has reached it than when one can see it only from afar. I was born on July 14, 1928, about 15...

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