Interception Modernisation Programme

[Ian Batten]

On 8 Oct 2008, at 22:16, Brian Morrison wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:43:41 +0100
> Richard Clayton <richard@highwayman.com> wrote:
>
>> and at the same time one just goggles at the cost!
>
> In comparison with the potential cost of today's intervention in the
> financial markets, the 12 billion is pretty small beer.

And you could argue that it's old-style Keynesian intervention.  Most  
of the money for spooky things stays in the UK economy, so it's  
actually quite beneficial...

ian