“During a recession, it is vital that we explain to people in plain English". So said a politician on the radio recently. Later came an interview with Gordon Brown who said that the government were going to help kick start the economy by using...
So much for plain English. We put up with government, the city, bankers and worst of all lawyers using incomprehensible language to protect their little worlds or use this subdifuge to either charge us more money or generally get up to no good. We are now all suffering the consequences of not questioning this.