But as a household demon, it is pathetic, and so are those who bang on obsessively about it.PC is not much more than the shifting requirements of politeness in changing, more sensitised society. Companies that are able to package business initiatives in an environmentally responsible light are often more likely to get a darker rating than those companies that do not engage in ‘green marketing’.
One leading firm that trumpets its environmental initiatives admitted green concerns were not an important part of its business agenda. During the intervening week a state of emergency had been declared in Natal; troops had been brought in to contain the fighting – while the peace sermons were being given in Zion City, women were being hacked to death with machetes in Natal – and in that province at least, Inkatha’s campaign to destabilise the elections had worked. A 52-year-old woman escaped uninjured after she lay down on railway tracks and was run over by a train at Bathampton, Avon..

but, alas, memory and dreams play terrible tricks on you.I am deeply ashamed that I put up with what happened. The receptionist at the Chester office said: ‘What? You must have the wrong man.’Later the firm’s London office issued a brief statement: ‘Mr Lowndes was unaware that the bankruptcy order had been made and confirms that all debts will be paid in full, and that an immediate application for annulment will be made.’ The firm said it was unaware of the size of the debts.A spokesman for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales said he had not heard of the case, but confirmed: ‘As soon as he is made bankrupt he will automatically have ceased to be a member of the ICA – from the moment of the judgment.’This means he would only be able to carry on auditing if also authorised by another body, such as the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. Over the past few days many Conservative MPs are thought to have joined independent gas suppliers in arguing that, without competition in domestic gas supply, bills in some regions will soar.
The regulator, Ofgas, is keen to press ahead with full competition and is thought to be optimistic now that ministers will make time for legislation despite earlier misgivings. Every volume she has written displays the craft of a quite remarkable talent.

They join a growing list of officials blamed during investigations into the escape of one of the world’s most dangerous criminals. By train, Intourist quotes the fare from Moscow to St Petersburg, and Moscow to Vladivostock on the trans-Siberian railway, as pounds 290 second-class.Officially, in most of the CIS you are not supposed to drive more than 500km a day and must stick to the itinerary you give when applying for your visa.In the Ukraine or in the Baltic countries, you can roam at will. EAST MIDLANDS Electricity and the Union of Democratic Mineworkers yesterday revealed plans for an employee buy-out of the coal industry. A growing public sense, in the face of economic crisis and the recent devaluation of the peseta, that Maastricht may entail give as well as take, led to the pounds 1.5m campaign by the government of Felipe Gonzalez.The number chosen was Freephone 199701, ie 1 January 1997, the date the Maastricht treaty is due to take effect.

Sir: The warning given by Sir Bob Reid, the chairman of British Rail, on the Government’s plans to privatise the railways (report, 21 December) pours petrol on the fire that is already raging. Trying to focus on the main developments in contemporary art in 1992 is like attempting to tune a television without an aerial: the occasional barely distinct picture comes into view but for the most part the screen fizzes with interference and the only sound is white noise. The killer one is in the Middle Eight, it’s like a Motown track, with the bass descending a note with every bar. Gone are the days when, for example, you return your hired car to find that the piece of paper you signed when you picked up the vehicle made you liable for so many ‘hidden’ costs that it would have been cheaper to fly.

They are concerned that China may use the talks as a delaying tactic.Legislators will also want to know how closely informed they will be kept about any talks, and what role Mr Patten will play. Last week, Mr di Tella met some Falkland Islanders who are studying in Britain, but his request to meet Sukie Cameron, the Falklands Islands Government representative in London, was vetoed by the Falkland Islands Council by five votes to three.’I'll keep trying,’ Mr di Tella said ‘I’m a persistent person.’. An entire ger and its contents are packed aboard these capable beasts as families migrate in search of better pasture. Installed video terminals rose by 2 per cent during the six months.Reuters is much more coy about the trend in underlying profits.