Category Archive: Politics

May 12 2012

Marriage…

Kit and Simon

On the 6th December 2006 I entered into a civil partnership with Simon.  It was about a year after the UK made such an option open to us.  I encountered the immigration officer years later as I became an immigration advocate in the UK.  He indicated to me that my proposed civil partnership visa was the first …

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Sep 12 2011

Bank White Wash

I think the recent announcement that the ICB recommends that the banks “firewall” themselves from their investment arms being received by general praise a bit shocking.  Everyone running around patting themselves on the back for a recommendation that would give the banks until 2019 to semi-reorganise themselves is shocking.  For an issue that came to a head in …

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Jul 23 2011

Obama and Debt

Being a US expatriate, I feel it gives me a luxury of a 3rd party view of things in the US.  While I have been a Democrat in my mind for a long time, it is more of a curiosity what happens. The debt crisis, from an external viewpoint, has been confusing.  The worst thing to happen …

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