When Gordon Brown Becomes Prime

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 Worship Of Youth Has Diminished - Perhaps Generally - In Recent Years.

Regulators Are A Backstop: They Don't Own Banks. The Governance At The Top Of Our Leading Banks Has Been Shown To Be Lamentably Weak. No One At The Top Of Barclays Will Take Responsibility For Systemic Abuse.

The Real Problem At The Moment Is That The Banks - Because Of Their Existing Culture, Which Is Frankly Anti-business, Obsession With Short-term Trading Profits, Not Focusing On The Long Term - Are Throttling The Recovery Of British Industry.

My College, Fitzwilliam, Was Pretty Good But Unfashionable And I Lived In Digs So I Was Not Part Of The Cloistered 'old College' Environment, Which Frankly Was A Bit Intimidating. But I Worked Hard And Settled In By Exploring Politics And Girls.