Entries from Londonist tagged with 'recession'
May 15, 2008
The Gordon Brown statue saga has intrigued psephologists and, er, wax-ologists for months now: would our embattled PM be given his own waxwork at Madame Tussauds, or have the curators bargained that, with the odds of his removal ever-shortening, the task of crafting those craggy features into a lifelike visage isn't worth the effort? As we reported earlier this month, Tussauds turned the decision over to a public vote. The results are in: nearly......
Continue Reading "Brown Won't Get Waxed"January 28, 2008
City suits may not actually be feeling like dancing today following today’s predictions about City job losses if this recession they keep threatening us with starts to bite. Now we are sure that you don’t turn to Londonist for our financial acuity and business acumen (gawd ‘elp you if you do), so we are not going to endeavour to offer any sage words on the economic status quo. Bulls and bears, stocks and shares, they’re......
Continue Reading "And the financial forecast, is, um, far from clear, actually…."