The chairman is concentrating on the real financial issue of the day: which horse to back in the third race
"So what do you make of the big question of the day?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as he anxiously scanned his notes. "You mean whether or not Gordon Brown will be able to square a vote-winning Budget with finally achieving his fondly held ambition of utterly burying all his irritating little tax bites - possibly by publishing half the document in early Sumerian?" I asked. "No," said the chairman patiently. "I mean do you think Moscow Flyer or Azertyuiop will win the third race?" "Oh, that big question," I replied. "Well, since you...
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