Graham Archer has a wish for 2012… “Let’s not put a For Sale sign on everything we own!” To illustrate a point I wish to make, I bring you a photograph of a bus operated by Lothian Buses in and... (Continue reading)

Vision of a New Era…or a Bargain Sell-off? Make a careful note, says Graham Archer…and prepare yourself for that day, sometime in the dim and distant future, when your children’s children will tug your trousers and ask: “Grandad…what were you... (Continue reading)

“It costs money to service people like you who insist on using cash,” the banker thundered. “The last thing a bank wants to see is money.” So, wonders Graham Archer…how long before cash becomes a thing of the past? ... (Continue reading)

____________________________ Are we rolling over too willingly for the EU? Graham Archer thinks so. “But then, why not go the whole hog,” he writes. “Why don’t we put a price on our agreement, shake off our debt and sell all... (Continue reading)

Currently charged up about Electric Ireland’s ‘price cuts’, Graham Archer asks: what kind of fools do people think we’ve become when we’re offered a deal that goes…no direct debit equals no cuts equals no benefit! _______________________________ As I write, the... (Continue reading)

When tackling a legal expert on the causes of the banking crises Graham Archer receives meagre satisfaction – but nevertheless comes up with a killer question that goes to the nub of the problem.... (Continue reading)

I remember telling a friend, a Government Minister now deceased, that I was, to quote myself exactly, “pissed off” with politicians. He replied, “I know exactly how you feel...I’m pissed off with people.”... (Continue reading)

Competition is good. But Graham Archer believes that, driven by the naked greed that has consumed Irish society, both ESB and Bord Gais have been seduced by the thought that the grass is greener on the other side of the... (Continue reading)