Business and Economy The Samosa positive politics, human rights, arts and lifestyle http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:49:59 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb Lessons in diplomacy http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/571-lessons-in-diplomacy.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/571-lessons-in-diplomacy.html By Shada Islam

 

It's a lesson one learns very early on in life: if you want a favour from someone, be nice to that person. Go out of your way to be polite; smile; and make sure others know the extent to which you are going out of your way to be accommodating.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:47:00 +0000 Coalition in danger of being ‘oiliest government ever’ http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/535-coalition-in-danger-of-being-oiliest-government-ever.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/535-coalition-in-danger-of-being-oiliest-government-ever.html By Daniel Elton

 

The Cameron administration has a firm aspiration to be the ‘greenest government ever‘, but the reality is turning out to be quite different. Alongside having a transport secretary who advocates gas-guzzling changes to public policy, and continuing to encourage road-building in a time of austerity, it turns out that the person almost certain to head up the coalition’s environment and energy policy is a former BP policy advisor.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:23:10 +0000 The toll of the world http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/474-the-toll-of-the-world.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/474-the-toll-of-the-world.html By Paul Rogers

The casualties of 19th-century industrial disasters in northern England and tragedies in Bangladesh and Iraq today are connected by deep economic and political forces - and by an ethical understanding that stretches decades ahead.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:58:39 +0000 Tourism in Pakistan - surely not? http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/463-tourism-in-pakistan-surely-not.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/463-tourism-in-pakistan-surely-not.html By Sohail Azhar

In October 2007, Newsweek magazine ran with the front cover headline that ‘The Most Dangerous Nation in The World Isn’t Iraq – It’s Pakistan’. In July this year, David Cameron publicly accused Pakistan of exporting terror.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:03:07 +0000 The greatest con trick ever invented http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/306-the-greatest-con-trick-ever-invented.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/306-the-greatest-con-trick-ever-invented.html Tinkering with the regulation of banks is like shuffling deck chairs on the titanic. The entire system is a fraud, writes Eamonn Dwyer.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Lemmings heading for the Peak Oil cliff http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/215-lemmings-heading-for-the-peak-oil-cliff.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/215-lemmings-heading-for-the-peak-oil-cliff.html Our civilisation is built on technology. Technology is based on cheap energy. And cheap energy is about to run out, writes Eamonn Dwyer.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:48:13 +0000 We are turkeys voting for Christmas http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/194-we-are-turkeys-voting-for-christmas.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/194-we-are-turkeys-voting-for-christmas.html With green talks on a road to nowhere, Eamonn Dwyer takes aim at our Faustian pact with fossil fuels.

They’re like those people who keep telling us not to add salt to our food, or guilt us for wearing a top from a sweatshop. Incessant, proscribing and one-note, they are the spoilers; the people who like to belch on our bluefin tuna before telling us why we shouldn’t be eating it in the first place. If climate change activists don’t get on your goat, that’s because you’re one of them.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 No fare deal for London or Venezuela http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/198-no-fare-deal-for-london-or-venezuela.html http://thesamosa.co.uk/index.php/comment-and-analysis/business-and-economy/198-no-fare-deal-for-london-or-venezuela.html Boris JohnsonBy Alex Holland

Not many Londoners can be happy as they grope through the frozen murkiness of the commute to their first days back at work after the winter break. Adding to their misery is London's mayor, Boris Johnson, who has made their journey much more expensive with huge fare rises.

]]> pete@unitedwebdevelopment.co.uk (admin) Business and Economy Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000