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Baloney or not, this is important
The confusion over official economic data threatens to make companies even more risk-averse. That, in turn, could help to ensure recovery is slow, says Brian Groom
Hacked off with strike-offs
Frequent fliers simply demonstrate a wider problem: the state is unable to enforce adequately all the laws created by politicians, writes Jonathan Guthrie
Horse: the menace that no one tackles
Equasy addicts should be encouraged to join abuse-management programmes and surrender their charger in return for a supply of hobby-horses, writes Robert Shrimsley
Whitehall: a service not a business
There seems to be a certain scepticism about Tory plans to give business greater sway over Whitehall, a move that could give outsiders rights to demand the sacking of top civil servants, says Sue Cameron
Do we still love Royal Mail?
In spite of the residual affection for it, attitudes to Royal Mail and its future seem confused, writes Brian Groom. According to one poll, two-thirds of people oppose the current strikes. Yet in another, twice as many sympathised with the workers as with the management
A big job requires a big name
Europe’s leaders weigh the pros and cons of appointing a stardust president who can stop traffic or a faceless bureaucrat used to dealing with faceless bureaucracy, Jim Pickard reports
The ousting of Sir Christopher
Former mandarins, who once wielded such power in the corridors of Whitehall, are still causing headaches for Gordon Brown’s beleaguered government, writes Sue Cameron
Gordon Brown takes the biscuit
After the prime minister refused to reveal his favourite biscuit, Jim Pickard imagines the discussions that are taking place in Downing Street
Quangocrats seek mercy from Tories
Most of the nation’s 790 quangos are desperate to talk to top Conservatives, who have said that they want to institute a big cull in quango numbers, writes Sue Cameron
