Comments

I mentioned last week I was reviewing comment policy on this blog.

I have done so. Please see the new policy, which is here.

I just reviewed a batch of comments. 80% failed the new tests. They were deleted.

Think of it like writing to a newspaper: no paper guarantees to publish your letter if you do so. I reserve that same editorial freedom.

It will still be quite easy to get comments on here: but they must meet these criteria.

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John says:

November 11 2009 at 4:58 pm

I’m pleased that most of the comments I make are published.
I think that some I’ve made comply with the rules but haven’t been published, which is a shame.
Its always interesting to read the blog entries, but sometimes I don’t understand some of the arguments, like the inference that PCCs are “bad” or facilitate money laundering; I genuinely would like to understand some of the rationale for these views, as I am sure would other readers of the blog.
Richard Murphy says:

November 11 2009 at 5:27 pm

http://www.secrecyjurisdictions.com/PDF/CellCompanies.pdf
John says:

November 12 2009 at 12:32 pm

Thanks for that link; a little one sided, and containing factual errors.
It for example makes no mention of the use of PPC or SPCs for Collective Investment Schemes.
David Drinkwater says:

November 13 2009 at 5:22 pm

I wholeheartedly agree about both the Tobin-Tax and Cameron’s Hugo Young Lecture. I tried to get them discussed last night on BBC Question Time in Weston-super-Mare. I submitted questions on both issues in the hope that one would get selected. It was not to be, the BBC and/or the studio audience wanted to talk about the Sun’s publication of the PM’s letter to a grieving mother, immigration (it’s becoming a national phobia) and the MOD’s payment of bonuses to staff. A bit sad really – I was as bored in the audience as Wilf Self appeared to be on the panel.