My Time At Shell Was A Most

I Know It Sounds Trite But I Wanted To Make A Difference. Political Debates With My Father Had Been Fraught Because He Was Uncompromising And Explosive But If He Taught Me One Thing It Was To Air My Views.

The Government Increasingly Resembles Somebody Who Is Trying To Give The Kiss Of Life To A Corpse.

Small- And Medium-sized Businesses Need Access To A Diverse Range Of Finance Options, Including Non-bank Lending. These New Forms Of Finance Are Still Small In Scale Today But They Should, Over Time, Bring Additional Choice And Greater Competition To The Lending Market.

When Gordon Brown Becomes Prime Minister, The Balance Sheet That Reflects His Economic Stewardship Could Look Very Sickly Indeed. He Could Become Labour's Biggest Liability, Not Its Most Marketable Asset.

The Fact That John Prescott Is Being Paid Large Sums Of Money To Do Little Or Nothing Adds To The General Malaise Surrounding This Government And The Feeling That Ministers Are Incapable Of Tackling Serious Issues.