I’m on my way to Jersey. And I admit to some considerable pleasure at the prospect. It is a place I really like, where I
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As the Mail on Sunday reports today: When Barclays boss Bob Diamond confirmed that the bank had about 300 subsidiaries in tax havens there were
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I’ve been arguing for some time that there is a fundamental problem at the core of our market system. That problem is that our big
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Andy Coulson has quit number 10. There is no way on earth he’d have planned this for today. Blair’s in trouble. The Tories won’t the
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Quote of the day (so far) from Simon Jenkins in the Guardian: Tories have always liked facts — dates, places, weights and measures — because
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Last August Ed Balls set out his vision for Labour’s economic policy. That speech is available here. Few argue that this was a very good
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From The Telegraph, minutes ago: Alan Johnson is stepping down as Shadow Chancellor. Ed Balls replaces hi, Yvette Cooper goes to Home Affairs and Douglas
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Global Financial Integrity (GFI) released its annual analysis of the cost of crime, corruption, and trade mispricing on developing countries this week. The report, “Illicit
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I have the following post on the opendemocracy blog today: Stuart Weir offered two potentially contradictory comments on Nick Shaxson’s new book ‘Treasure Islands and
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