Rich pickings under Labour

From The Observer this morning…

The rich have prospered under New Labour, and the top 10 per cent of adults now take home 40 per cent of the all the income earned in Britain, according to new analysis by the authoritative Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Despite a battery of redistributive policies enacted by Gordon Brown in his decade as Chancellor to boost the incomes of the poorest in society, the bumper sums earned in the City as the equity markets boomed have helped to keep those at the top moving ahead…

Hmm… I bet they will do even better under Cameron.

Verily, it is written that Apple selleth the Air

This morning’s Observer column

It’s that time of year again. Last week the Church of Apple Resurgent gathered in San Francisco for its annual congregation. The faithful were granted an audience with the Blessed Steve Jobs, who revealed unto them what miracles he had wrought since they were last gathered together. First, he showed them a Time Capsule, which can bring back the past and preserve memories of days gone by…