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John Redwood MP for Wokingham

These are the most recent articles mentioning "england" Are all mortgages now wicked? Posted 04/02/08, 08:53 ... t couple of years in order to repay the money owing to taxpayers. In recent days mortgage rates have been rising, even though the Bank of England™s message on interest rates has been to keep them the same. As one or two mortgage companies find they are offering the lowest mortgage rates,... John Redwood Searches for Answers on Northern Rock Posted 04/01/08, 16:06 ... st priority must be to repay the loans to eliminate the taxpayer™s exposure. Mr. Redwood: Surely the Chief Secretary can see that, if the Bank of England had simply acted as bank manager, and provided tough love to Northern Rock and managed it through it, we as taxpayers would not have had to ab... Northern Rock - now the government’s problems will mutliply Posted 04/01/08, 08:56 ... retary contented herself with claiming that the Opposition had no alternative to nationalisation, declining to answer my points about how the Bank of England and the Treasury could have acted as Northern™s bank manager, lending them the minimum necessary to see them through and managing the repaymen... Regulators and central banks think again Posted 03/31/08, 10:22 It is good news that the Bank of England is thinking about its role in modern markets, and that the US and UK authorities are to review how to handle banking liquidity and regulation in future. This agenda should include: 1. Have the Basel regulatory arrangements encouraged too much off balance... Interest rates rise - Where was the Monetary Policy Committee? Posted 03/28/08, 08:20 The monthly tea party for academic economists at the Bank of England - the regular meeting which Gordon Brown claimed meant he had “made the Bank of England independent” - looks more and more irrelevant. The other changes Mr Brown made to the Bank, taking crucial powers away, have... The Frenchman did a wooing go, whether his mother would let him or no. Posted 03/27/08, 09:05 ... cy. The address was divided into two parts. The first was all Duke of Alencon “ it was 2008 going on 1579. Mr Sarkozy wooed us, praising England and English virtues. He spoke movingly of the sacrifices many British people made to save liberties in Europe in the two world wars. He told u... Don’t blame the FSA Posted 03/26/08, 09:30 ... the regulatory blame for Northern Rock and admits it made mistakes. I think it is a case of mistaken identity. It was the Chancellor and the Bank of England that presided over the collapse of Northern Rock, not the FSA. Remember what happened. In the summer of 2007 money markets dried up in an unp... The Credit Crunch - reappraisal? Posted 03/24/08, 10:58 ... ties need to do more to make the markets more liquid to ease the banking problems. So far the Fed has been very active, doing all it can. The Bank of England seems to be reluctantly coming round to the same conclusion. The ECB is half way there, making cash available but not cutting interest rates. ... The Easter message - cakes, bunnies and eggs Posted 03/23/08, 11:06 ... s through the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. It is a testament to the deep rooted Christian values that we still have an established Church of England, and see the growth of the Catholic and non conformist Churches alongside the official religion. Whilst a majority do not believe, a majority ... Moral hazard or good banking? Posted 03/21/08, 08:59 There is much debate about moral hazard. If the Bank of England offers more money to the clearing banks when they need cash, isn’t that bailing out banks who have lent too much to the wrong people? Won’t they just do it again and again? No, that is not the case. The money markets have ... Sweet William or the Butcher? Posted 04/16/08, 10:29 ... rious battle fought on British soil, fought in 1746. On that day the claims of the House of Stuart to the throne of the two kingdoms of Scotland and England died. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army was badly defeated, losing 1250 dead and 550 prisoners to Cumberland’s loss of only 52 men dead... How can the PM save the Union? Posted 05/11/08, 07:42 ... egions intend�. If Gordon Brown is serious about wishing the save the Union, he needs to understand the strong feelings of injustice in England. 1. English people do not want their country balkanised into Euro regions. We do not think you make up for the lack of an English Parliamen... Half empty stadia at the Olympics Posted 08/12/08, 08:25 ... n at a stadium near you, you would clamouring for tickets. I must confess in the last few days I have wanted to watch a bit of the Test Match with England’s new Captain, had to get another couple of blog pieces written, needed to pursue a difficult planning matter in the constituency includ... Liberal Democrats are big spenders, not tax cutters Posted 09/13/08, 17:40 ... ledged to a local Income Tax where your local Council could plunder your wage packet. They also favour financing the loathsome regional government in England from Income Tax. They support all this extra government as part of their passion for the Euro project. This most Euro federalist of all the ... << back