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Messianic rise of Beppe Grillo in an age of omens
From Ms Valeria Maia. Sir, Maybe it is because we have been living in a time of Mayan omens and falling meteors, that the possible ‘advent’ of a comedian in the leadership of Italy looks like yet another sign of destiny
2:29am
Devaluation was considered before election of 1964
From Mr Anthony Murray. Sir, Philip Stephens implies that the Wilson government of 1964-70 regarded devaluation with as much repugnance as he does
2:29am
I have a sneaking affection for snuck
From Mr Nic Boyde. Sir, Albert Isola (Letters, March 2) objects to the FT using ‘snuck’ as the past participle of ‘sneak’
2:27am
£6,000 is missing from my account
From Dr John Fleming. Sir, Tim Harford tells us that the Bank of England has created about £6,000 per person since the start of the financial crisis. But this money has apparently not yet stimulated the economy
2:27am
The Beeching report was far-sighted
From Mr D.R. Smith. Sir, Matthew Engel is being rather unfair to Richard Beeching
2:26am
Credit US public with more sense
From Mr Samuel Weeks. Sir, While I admit to not having read Alan Blinder’s ‘excellent new book’ I find his prognosis of the US public being in an ‘inchoate rage’ post-crisis to be inaccurate and, frankly, tone deaf
2:26am
Finance industry’s parallel with film
From Mr Jack Stonehouse. Sir, The FT should spend more time interviewing film stars. The parallels between the film and finance industries are uncanny
2:25am
Future looks sound for music after the digital revolution
From Mr Raphael Bailly. Sir, While the challenges of how to sell music made during the ‘pre-digital’ era are indeed huge, the digital music revolution isn’t as bleak as you describe
2:24am
FT collaborates in identity theft
Sir, Despite being ‘one of Britain’s leading economists’ and a frequent contributor to Newsnight, Vicky Pryce is identified in the FT as ‘Huhne’s wife’
2:24am
Language is key to becoming an insider
From Mr Lawrence Sherwin. Sir, Derek B. Miller writes that he cannot align himself culturally in Norway, that he cannot ‘penetrate’ the Norwegians and will always remain an outsider
2:23am
Do something big and bright for the homeless
From Ms Alice Bray. Sir, The controversy over the Norman Foster redesign for the New York Public Library main building involves two sides
2:22am
Commons takes corruption seriously
From Kevin Barron MP. Sir, The House of Commons’ welcome for the Greco report on the UK may be easier to understand in the context of the report as a whole
2:22am
Is this gardening’s best-kept secret?
From Mr John Lock. Sir, Oh dear. So Robin Lane Fox thinks that Kay Maguire is ‘a dashing Kew-trained blonde’
2:21am
Turnover tax will spare corner cafés
From Mr Nigel Rapp. Sir, A simple solution to large companies avoiding UK taxes, as has been the case with Starbucks and many others, is ‘turnover tax’
2:20am
Most banker bonuses are commissions on gambling deals
From Mr David Bland. Sir, As a quondam member of the insurance community I have frequently been irritated by the fashion to describe various hedging products as forms of “insurance”, which they patently are not
Mar 7, 2013
Let’s make the responsibility collective
From Prof Nicholas Dorn. Sir, Patrick Jenkins suggests that banks need to find ways of ‘replicating’ the success achieved by Barclays and RBS in clawing back unmerited bonus payments
Mar 7, 2013
If Japan is in decline, who is going without what?
From Mr Andrew Hamilton. Sir, I found much of interest in Martin Wolf’s article ‘The risky task of relaunching Japan’ (March 6) on Japanese monetary policy
Mar 7, 2013
FCC must unpick broadband cartel
From Mr Martyn Roetter. Sir, Niels Erich’s letter omits to point to the decision to approve the formation of a broadband and video cartel between Comcast and Verizon in August last year
Mar 7, 2013
Hungary debating which churches deserve taxpayer money
From Mr András Stefanovszky. Sir, The tone of the FT’s reporting on Hungary continues to be as superficial and biased as it was 12 months ago
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