On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Gordon Brown spends a good 75 seconds of his speech to the TUC on the merchant bank. Seems a bit odd that Osborne never mentioned it today. Wonder why? Tory Bear is engaging in a bit of rapid rebbutal from the blue corner. Good intentions: Scrapbook [...]
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Lehman Brothers: the Conservative Party donations
On 15 September 2008, investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, transforming a credit drought into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. In his speech this afternoon billed as “the Conservative strategy for the recovery”, George Osborne spoke of drawing “the correct conclusions from the last two years”. What better way to provide perspective and context [...]
