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It’s OK not to have an opinion on something…

Brian O'Neill on July 17, 2021, 7:44 am

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Last week we were on holiday in a caravan park in Scotland. During a rant about net curtains one of our party remarks that I have very strong opinions. I really dislike net curtains. In this particular case, I was particularly irked that the net curtains were obscuring a beautiful view of a Scotland Lough. The strange thing is I have strong views about small things but generally ambivalent views about big things. I care not a jot about the …

Ireland’s experience of Bankers: “Focused on profit the same way a starving dog focuses on a sausage”

Mick Fealty on September 15, 2014, 9:52 pm

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Brian Lucey with some advice of his own on the advice offered to Scotland by experts in banking… The bottom line is this. Exceptionally able as most of the bank economists, financial sector analysts and FX traders may be, they are not in the truthiness business. They are paid to help their companies sell product. They are not paid to ahve a moral, ethical, or social perspective except in so far as that aids in sales. That doesn’t make them …