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Impact of UK Election

ING have produced a very useful study of all the possible outcomes of the UK election on Brexit, and the consequent impact on currency, gilts and shares. You can download the presentation below. Impact of UK ElectionDownload
Can You Believe It?

Can You Believe It?

Several pieces of bad news for Beavis and his election campaign this morning. First up is Michael Gove, who hits the headlines for suppressing the government’s own report on Russian interference in the Brexit referendum and the last UK election. The report shows...

WordPress Security Concerns

WordPress is one of the most popular site creation and blogging tools, and is often used by businesses. That has made it a target for Internet crime. Pressing on the link below will take you to a report by Wordfence, an internet security consultancy. They have...

The New Withdrawal Agreement

Use the link below to download the changes to the Withdrawal Agreement which have been incorporated in a new document for consideration by Parliament tomorrow Saturday the 19th October 2019. Effectively, all the changes are subject to review by a “Joint...
Crime pays! But only in the UK…

Crime pays! But only in the UK…

My rant about government failure earlier in the week has been reinforced by yet another example of Utterly Kakistocratic (UK) government. A survey of changes in robbery rates in various countries by Crest Advisory from 2014 to 2018: %age change in crimes notified to...
The CADS/NBCC golf

The CADS/NBCC golf

We were an eclectic band of CADS and NBCC members last Friday 🙂 The sun shined, the balls behaved well, and Mark Hofstee Holtrop won the NBCC cup whilst Abel Rasterhoff won the CADS trophy. A great time was had by all. It would be great to see a few more CADS members...
Time for another rant

Time for another rant

It’s been far too long since I blogged about this UK (Utterly Kakistocratic) government. Too late to do anything more about Brexit, but since it seems there is an election in the offing, I thought the attached papers might offer an interesting insight on who...
CADS – Sir John Memorial Lunch

CADS – Sir John Memorial Lunch

Some of the most unlikely scenes in English cricket history were attributed to supernatural powers in the last 2 months as the spirit of John Richardson inspired Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and other English players to extraordinary feats. Not content with inspiring the...
Open Air Theatre – 29th Aug

Open Air Theatre – 29th Aug

On the evening of Thursday 29th August, overlooking the lake at Raadhuis De Pauw in Wassenaar, Illyria will perform Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. This is an annual tradition, and to make it more special CADS has arranged a dinner table under canvas with a good...
The CADS boat trip

The CADS boat trip

It started in the Rijksmusem cafe, then moved on to the gardens where we admired the Joan Miro scuptures, and thence to the Stromma berth across the road. There we learned that there would be a delay, as the boat was still at Amsterdam Centraal. We chatted in the warm...