tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post4976951551177121602..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Full DisclosureChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-41136268965715530752011-05-30T10:27:19.355+12:002011-05-30T10:27:19.355+12:00I have the book, which is rather brief, and rememb...I have the book, which is rather brief, and remember the TV version which screened in the early 1990s. Keith Allen was particularly good as Fred Thompson, but the story was not exactly encouraging. The key part that I remember was the effect of the 'gilt strike', i.e. the City of London would not deal in the government's debt, and so the Prime Minister had to get a loan from the Soviets behind the back of the Chancellor. Somewhat unrealistic now, or is it, after all John Key seems to be doing deals with the Chinese Communist Party to fund our record fiscal deficit. Stranger than fiction?<br /><br />By the way, did anybody notice the credit downgrade for the trading banks late last week, remembering that avoiding the downgrade on NZ debt, either public or private, was the sole aim of the Bleak Budget the previous week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-637843251735581712011-05-28T03:33:00.864+12:002011-05-28T03:33:00.864+12:00It so happens I watched that last weekend. Intende...It so happens I watched that last weekend. Intended to watch just the first episode, then watched the second and the third in short order. But it ended just as things were getting interesting!Graeme Edgelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928755583921638414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-2262010691553042662011-05-27T15:56:24.126+12:002011-05-27T15:56:24.126+12:00Thanks for reminding us of that brilliant programm...Thanks for reminding us of that brilliant programme.pyGranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017282266652883905noreply@blogger.com