Bad Cumpany

If, like me, you have been wondering for decades what the European Parliament is there for, wonder no more. Following a recent vote, the august institution is considering  setting up an investigations unit to tackle two humongous European fraud schemes  named improbably  'cum-cum' and 'cum-ex'. The first warning that something was afoot came in 1992,…

House warning

The expression "Moving House" is the sort of English up with which Winston Churchill would, famously, not have put. In point of fact, moving a house is exceptionally difficult and,  other than in natural disasters, very rare. Believe me - I know. Every weekday evening for a year and a half I used to speed out of the office car park…