Peer-to-Peer Lending; An Assessment of Returns
This article from This Is Money makes an attempt to analyse the returns from peer-to-peer or social lending, as it is increasingly being called.
The Camerons Get a Real Aussie Nanny
According to this report in the Standard, the Camerons have got a new nanny and she’s a real Aussie.
Interestingly for her employers, she admitted to shoplifting, smoking and drinking, but denied taking drugs “in the past month”. When asked if she swears, she replied: “f*** yeah.”
At least there’s no mention of sheep.
In some ways the most interesting part of the story is that the Camerons interviewed the nanny on Skype. I wonder how many of our Prime Ministers and/or their partners could have done that?
RBS, Donald Trump and the Dreaded Wind Farms
The more I read about Donald Trump and the wind farms, I just think how funny it would be if either the golf course or the wind farms had been all or part funded by the Royal Bank of UK Taxpayers.
After all something Sir Fred did is going to jump up and bite us, so when it does, it might be something with a good laugh in it.
A Clever Name
I took this picture of a van from a bus, as I went towards the Angel.
damselinadress.co.uk
It always helps to have a good name for a business. www.damselinadress.co.uk is a good one!
Is The American Political System Too Complicated?
This article made me think. Here’s a taster.
Can a democratic system function efficiently in an advanced economy in our modern, globalized world? A system based, say, on a couple of 18th century documents updated occasionally by nine people in black robes and a two-chambered legislature that must devote at least as much time to the raising of funds to re-elect itself? I think it can—eventually—but not everyone agrees.
There’s a lot more of the same.
What Do David and Sam Cameron Not Do?
The answer is in The Times today!
Apparently neither of them wear a watch.
It also says, that they are not known for their love of trinkets.
On a personal note, C never wore a watch, but she did buy me at least four, including a Rolex as she was dying for my first Christmas without her.
The Anonymous Widower 