Being Funny, It Turns Out, Is Like

We Escaped The Last Big Bursting Of A Bubble - The Dotcom Bubble - With A Relatively Light U.s. Recession. On That Occasion, The World Economy Found Its Way Back On Track Fairly Quickly.

Even The 'today' Programme Involves A Balance Between The Worthy-but-heavy Items With The Worthless-but-entertainingly-light Ones.

Interest Rate Cuts Have An Effect In Stimulating An Economy By Directly Or Indirectly Making Someone, Somewhere, Spend More Than They Otherwise Would. That Extra Spending Increases Demand And Ensures That We All Carry On With Work To Do, Without Us Having To Slash Our Prices Or Our Wrists.

Britain, However, Has Ended Up Specializing In The Ones You Don't See As Much Of: Defense Aerospace, Making Drive Shafts For Cars, Pills And Drugs, Designing Chips That Go Into 94 Percent Of The World's Mobile Phones.

I Don't Keep It Secret That I Live With My Partner Gio. I'm Very Proud Of My Gayness. But There Is Lots I Wouldn't Want The Press To Write About Me... It Is A Matter Of Regret That Being Gay Is The Most Interesting Thing About Me.