Newcastle FC have taken sponsorship from Wonga – the loan shark company that charges intrest at more than 4,000%. I’ve sent this email to Newcastle tonight: admin@nufc.co.uk Dear Sir May I record my disgust at your having taken sponsorship from Wonga – a company that lends at more than 4,000% interest rates and which as a
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One thing really depressed me more than anythiong about Cameron’s speech. It was this: Because the truth is this. We are in a global race today. And that means an hour of reckoning for countries like ours. Sink or swim. Do or decline. What does that say? First, that we have no choice. That’s wrong.
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I enjoyed my visit to RSM Tenon this morning. We had a good debate. Discussion was lively. Not everyone agreed with me – of course. But my opponent – Ian Harris – changed his mind on the duty of companies. And I was persuaded that the reason why councils litigate is that they genuinely believe on occasion that H M Revenue &
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I may be a little quitre on the blogging front this morning as I am driving to Northampton to take patyt in a debate at RSM Tenon’s Public Sector Tax & VAT Annual Conference. The motion I’m debating is: This house holds that tax planning and avoidance by public sector bodies is unethical I’ll be saying this:
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As Thomson Reuters have reported today: As the District Attorney of New York County, my office, time and time again, finds its criminal investigations thwarted by an absurd system of secrecy whereby criminals can hide their money without even breaking a sweat — or the law. Welcome to the bizarre world of anonymous shell corporations.
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I gather that the higher echelons of power were pleased by my commentary on their press release on FTACA yesterday – which by some oversight they forgot to send to me direct – and so I thought I’d ask them a few follow up questions that seem to logically flow from their declaration of enthusiasm for full
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