The Daily NovelViewing the news from the British side of the pondFinancial crises and ordinary folk- September 26, 2008 Quite suddenly, in the last few weeks, most of the pundits on both sides of the pond, have started to say that what we are facing now is the worst financial crisis since the Great Crash of 1929, which led to world-wide depression lasting five or six years. In which many people in Britain and ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/26/financial-crises-and-ordinary-folk/ Hot off the press: Simon Jenkins is wrong- September 25, 2008 Is an article in Thursday&8217;s Guardian Simon Jenkins asserts that journalists are born not made. His evidence is from his own personal experience. Simon Jenkins makes his living from journalism. Therefore he is a journalist. In his own estimation. He is paid for voicing his opinions in several media, as well as The Guardian, so he ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/25/hot-off-the-press-simon-jenkins-is-wrong/ This new Brown is not down and out- September 24, 2008 In my last blog, Brown and out, written as recently as Saturday, I said Labour needed a new leader to have any hope of winning the next election. Today I have to report that the only new leader to emerge at the Labour Party conference in Manchester was a radically changed Gordon Brown. As the ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/24/this-new-brown-is-not-down-and-out/ Brown and out- September 21, 2008 I may have used this headline before. No matter. Gordon Brown, who stems from Old Labour roots, has since he became Prime Minister, been more Blairite than Tony Blair himself, in allying himself with George W Bush&8217;s America. In the last few days he has switched around, after reading in the &8216;capitalist press&8217; about the collapse of ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/21/brown-and-out/ Boulder rolling for Obama- September 21, 2008 One of the several things which has kept me away from blogging recently is the return of my daughter and her family from a month in the US. They were staying with Alix Berlin, an old friend of mine in Boulder, Colorado, as well as touring in a gigantic camper van They report that everyone ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/21/boulder-rolling-for-obama/ Humphs music making lives on- September 21, 2008 Although Humphrey Lytttelton died a few monthsago, aged 85,his music making lives on live, as well as on cds. On Thursday night I went to a tribute concert organised by the Friends of the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead by the Humphrey Lyttelton Band, which is still playing the kind of music he loved. For ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/21/humphs-music-making-lives-on/ Snatches of life- September 14, 2008 While I was sitting on a bench at the Cobb today, soaking up the sunshine and drinking in the view of Lyme Bay, a couple passed me. He was in his mid forties. She was somewhat younger. He said: She kept my motor bike and would not even let me take my old push bike. And then they ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/14/snatches-of-life/ Murdoch leaning towards McCain- September 9, 2008 The New York Post, which for most of its history has backed the Democrats, has come out for John McCain in an editorialjudgment delivered two months before polling day. Although this is not Rupert Murdoch&8217;s most important newspaper the fact that it has come out so early so emphatically can be taken as an indication ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/10/murdoch-leaning-towards-mccain/ Its now Palin versus Obama- September 4, 2008 Make no mistake about it. Sarah Palin electrified the Democratic Convention in her 36 minute speech yesterday and dominated the prime time television screens. No matter that her speech was crafted by the Republican speech writers, she made it her own, and delivered it with great panache. Her opening quip brought the house down. Whats the ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/04/it%E2%80%99s-now-palin-versus-obama/ The eye of the storm- September 2, 2008 Yesterday the battle royal for the presidency of the United States was put on hold as New Orleans was evacuated in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Karpova. President George Bush cancelled his scheduled visit to the opening day of the Republican Party convention in Minneapolis St Pauls in order to concentrate on helping the ...http://www.thedailynovel.com/2008/09/02/the-eye-of-the-storm/ |