Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009
""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."
Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009
Only a few days after Rabbie Burns Night, the latest Scotsman/ICM poll shows the number of seats held as a result of an election TODAY
SNP 44
Labour 41
Lib Dems 23
and the ...er .... Tories trailing with 17.
...and Lord Patel forecasts that the boys in blue jerseys will swarm the Sassenachs on Saturday.
The UK Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Fiji.
"We advise against all but essential travel to Suva. On 5 December, the Fiji Military Commander dismissed the elected Prime Minister and Government of Fiji and announced that he had assumed control of the country. A state of emergency is now in place in Fiji and curfews could be imposed without warning. Although the security situation in Fiji is currently calm, it could deteriorate at short notice. The British High Commission in Suva is monitoring events closely. If you are in Fiji, you should register with the British High Commission."
Previous posts (5) by Lord Patel on progress of military coup here
Please pray for Margaret Beckett as she faces the problems of this far flung Commonwealth outpost. Those who don't hang on her every word may be fascinated by this remark reproduced at the FO website she made to the ITV program (pic) 'THE MORAL OF THE STORY' today concerning Iraq and it's recent history.
" .....And, you know, still now from time to time these mass graves turn up but really nobody's terribly interested because the world has moved on."Which must really comfort the widowed, fatherless, the orphaned ..... and other victims of the Terror of Tikrit. Blessed Margaret, the right word, in the right place ...at the ..er...right time.
(C) Very Seriously Disorganised Criminals 2002/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - copy anything you wish
