The Moral Maze is broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
For those who might be interested, I am on tonight’s programme discussing inheritance, and Inheritance Tax.
The broadcast is at 20.00 UK time. It goes out live, and I look forward to comments tomorrow.
In March this year I published a blog about Senator Stuart Syvret, then Minister of Health in Jersey. I readily admit that this was a preemptive strike: the Senator had threatened John Christensen and myself saying he intended to use a range of right-wing web sites to besmirch our good names.
The reason was simple. As [...]
A sometime commentator on this site called Richard G Brown has written about what he considers to be the “silliness intrinsic” in tax justice. I think it only fair to say that he was goaded into doing so by Duncan Wigan, who is a colleague at Sussex University where I am a visiting fellow.
Richard makes [...]
I thought it worth sharing another email I got with regard to Hecklers:
Crikey so that is what the mainstream thinks (well the city powerhouses). Could they not get some normal people on the panel? I presume that would mean less heckling hence no point…
A really tough format. You did well. (Was a bit shocked at [...]
The Guardian politics page promotes the second broadcast of Hecklers as follows:
Saturday, 10.15pm, R4: HecklersIEA tax specialist Richard Murphy argues that Britain should stop trying to attract the super-rich with tax breaks. Slightly unexpected line.
Well, at least it shows they thought about it, but for the record might I say that just because I stepped [...]
A reminder - Radio 4, 8pm (UK time) tomorrow features the programme called Hecklers in which I propose the motion that ‘The British government should stop giving tax breaks to foreign multi-millionaires’. This was, of course, all about the domicile rule.
I think it made for a good debate. I know - it was recorded last [...]
I had an amsuing time yesterday evening and since the result will be broadcast next Wednesday I thought I’d give it a mention now.
I recorded a programme called Hecklers for BBC Radio 4 (link here). The premise is simple: a person puts forward what is considered a provocative idea and 4 opponents have a chance [...]
For most people Italy and tax evasion go together. Even the Italians think so. In which case it’s good to see the Washington Post report that:
Premier Romano Prodi has called on Roman Catholic priests to help him battle Italy’s widespread tax evasion by invoking the seventh commandment: “thou shalt not steal”.
Prodi made the appeal in [...]
The Chief Minister of Jersey has asked health minister Senator Stuart Syvret to resign. It has been reported that:
Six ministers are saying they’ve lost confidence in Senator Stuart Syvret to remain a member of the Council of Ministers. And Senator Walker agrees with them.
They want him to go because of comments he made in an [...]
I am aware, as I have it drawn to my attention, that there is a petition on the 10 Downing Street web site that says:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to appoint Richard Murphy, the head of the Tax Justice Network, as a special adviser to the government on tax avoidance issues.
Submitted by Alex [...]
