Who said this……?

Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to by more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalised, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism.

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Karl Marx, 1867

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Good Luck President Obama

I can’t claim to know that much about his policies because I never get to read more than two pages of his latest book before nodding off to sleep – but I do get the sense the USA will be a more pleasant place to visit and interact with under his leadership…

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Day out at Old Trafford

We had a great day out yesterday for Wysie’s 50th birthday – his first trip to Old Trafford. 

Man Utd 3 – Chelsea 0

The Marquee

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Heathrow Terminal 5

Just passed through there for the 4th time; seems to me to be a well designed airport experience.

That said, I could do without having to have my photo taken and stored by BA just so I can fly to Edinburgh. Needless to say I could not see any overt explanation of what is being done with the data and given the deployment at the front of a queue there is little chance for a passenger to ask about it.

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First game of football in 4 we…

First game of football in 4 weeks…painful!!!

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Start weight for my diet is….

84.4 kg

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The Annual Diet

Oh well, one more day on the festive diet before I start my annual weight loss campaign.

Last year worked well and I only put weight on again as Katherines pregnancy led to me grabbing lots of junk food and getting less exercise. So, I’ll do the same low-carb, Andy Coleman designed diet as last year.

Starting weight and target weight to follow….

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The wheels of the database state..

….are starting to grind on our little boy already. He now has an NHS number from the ‘Child Health Authority’, which is being automatically shared with Westminster Council prior to us registering the birth…and so it begins…

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Teething problems

Baby 1.o is causing mayhem, 6 hours ago we were worried he was not feeding enough – now that he is feeding too much. Oh well, we certainly had plenty of warnings that the first week would be traumatic…

For those that wanted to see me change a nappy...

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Nice bit of PR for Mydex

Here’s a nice post that touches on the Mydex social enterprise i’m working on with Alan Mitchell and William Heath. Nice to see we are getting noticed..

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