I posted this on Twitter (X) last night: I posted after listening to John Healey MP, our defence secretary, talking in the House of Commons.
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Just work out what you want to do
I did a video yesterday on campaigning and why most of it is just moaning. I put up a poll on YouTube asking why most campaigns fail.
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Why the UK budget system is broken — and how to fix it
Rachel Reeves just gave us a masterclass in how NOT to run a budget. We got leaks, U-turns, political theatre, but almost no real economic
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Why do professionals hate change?
Why do accountants, economists, lawyers, medics, politicians and civil servants all resist the very changes the world needs? In this video, I explain why top-tier
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Who owns companies, and why?
A reader on this blog recently asked a question that goes to the heart of how our economy now works. It was simple: who are
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How can the economy survive when most wages are too low?
The Financial Times has reported this morning that senior figures in the City are now complaining that the minimum wage is rising so close to
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Country-by-country reporting is working
I was pleased to note this email from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) yesterday: I recently highlighted my own critical role in
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The finance curse
The UK suffers from a finance curse. Far from being our economic jewel, the City of London has drained trillions from the economy. That’s lost
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How country-by-country reporting exposed tax havens
Something called country-by-country reporting, which I created, changed the tax world forever. It forced multinationals to reveal how much profit they were shifting into tax
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