
I watched a few programmes on TV last night about the British rock bands that invaded America in the 1960’s and since. The onslaught was led by the Beatles and then the ‘ugly’ band; the Rolling Stones. That was a great export and Sweden took on the world with Abba too. America used Hollywood to take on the world with movies. Now the Chinese have taken on the world with consumer goods, maybe we need a new cultural revolution in both Britain and America.
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19, October 2013 | Categories: Art, Blogging, culture, Finance, Finance Friday, Humour, NeoDigital Art, photography, psychology, Reviews, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: Britain, Bullingdon Boys, Humour, Politics, Saturday review, The Beatles | Leave a comment

Bullingdon
Yes, the Bullingdon Club boys, George Osborne and his mate Boris Johnson have been dispatched to Beijing to get investment for Britain. My apologies for linking the Bullingdon word to the Daily Mail, but like George and Boris I was desperate. The picture is good isn’t it? Notice the big gun on the top of that boat!
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16, October 2013 | Categories: culture, economics, education, Investments, local, philosophy, politics | Tags: Boris Johnson, Bullingdon Boys, Bullingdon Club, China, Chinese, Communist Party, George Osborne, The economist, Twitter, West Midlands | 4 Comments

The government’s austerity programme really begins to hit the poorest in society next week as benefits cuts make the poorest even poorer. This could be the last Easter that some kids will get Easter eggs.
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29, March 2013 | Categories: culture, economics, Finance, Finance Friday, Money | Tags: austerity, Boris Johnson, Bullingdon Boys, Edwardian values, Rachel Johnson, social slavery, upper classes | 1 Comment