Preface
…Now that was a bear market. Stocks slumped, companies faced collapse and the very fabric of society came under threat. “It was Armageddon… It was about whether communism would win, and the end of capitalism.” By January 1975 the FT 30-Share Index had slid 73 percent from its 1972 peak.
The Daily Telegraph (British national newspaper)
I tried to give you consolation when your Old Man let you down. Like a fool, I fell in love with you, turned my whole world upside down.
“Layla,” from The History of Eric Clapton, released 1972
The use of handcuffs amounts to… an assault and is unlawful unless it can be justified.
Guidance on the Use of Handcuffs by the Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
