Northern Rock: ten years on
Thursday, September 14th, 2017It is ten years ago today that Northern Rock failed. I will be speaking at a Tax Justice Network organised event at the Royal Society
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This Jersey Rev has a lot to learn about transparency
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011The following letter was in the Church Times (the Church of England’s newspaper) a week or so ago (but I’ve just seen it): From the Revd Martin
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We’ve crossed the Rubicon
Friday, November 26th, 2010It feels to me like we’ve crossed the Rubicon. I knew we had in August 2007 when it became apparent that Northern Rock’s shadow bank,
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This is the man
Friday, October 22nd, 2010The International Development Committee of the House of Commons is holding a meeting next week. On its agenda is, as they note in a press
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Northern Rock: the debacle continues?
Thursday, October 29th, 2009The EU has approved the plan to split Northern Rock into good and bad banks. The latter includes the notorious Granite that helped bring down
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Now is the time to keep the City on the hook
Monday, June 15th, 2009The Observer astutely observed the moves in the City to claim it’s “business as usual” this weekend. In its editorial it said: It is astonishing
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An Open Letter to Bob Key, the Dean of Jersey
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008The following is from the TJN web site, but so important I reproduce it here. I have discussed this issue with John Christensen since as
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The Pre-Budget Report
Monday, November 24th, 200815.15 This is my ‘off the cuff’ reaction to what is being said, as it happens. I’ll update it regularly as the afternoon progresses. 15.35
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Farewell Granite
Friday, November 21st, 2008As the FT has reported: The vehicle that funded Northern Rock’s ambitious expansion of mortgage lending has been cut loose by the state-run bank –
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