From the Guardian: AstraZeneca has settled a long-running tax dispute in a deal which sees HM Revenue & Customs refund tax payments that will now
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Thought for the day – 2 – No banker ha been arrested for trashing the economy
Think about it. More than 130 peaceful UK Uncut protestors have been arrested for sitting in Fortnums – when the police agreed in advance they
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Thoughts for the day – 1 – The Queen says there is a right to non-violent protest
George Monbiot, in the Guardian today: It could have been worse: at least the police didn’t try to kettle half a million people. But as
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This is why UK Uncut picked on Fortnum’s
There has been much discussion about why UK Uncut picked on Fortnum & Mason’s for action on Saturday. I’ve already said that I think that
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Government to clampdown on multinational corporation offshoring
I thought this significant: Amid mounting pressure from the Supreme Court over the issue of black money, the government is preparing to turn the heat
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UK Uncut are right in protesting – but it would have been better not to do so on Saturday
I’ve blogged about the enormous success of Saturday’s TUC rally. What about UK Uncut’s actions? As I’ve said many times before, I do not speak
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A new confidence in opposition to injustice.
There is much discussion in the press, on blogs and on Twitter about what Saturday’s TUC march and subsequent UK Uncut demonstrations, that lead to
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GE Capital – $5.1bn of US profits – and not a penny of US tax to pay
The New York Times reported on Friday: General Electric, the nation’s largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010. The company reported worldwide profits
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100s of thousands – and all of it peaceful
I’m on the train back from London. After 2.5 hours spent covering a mile from the Embankment to Trafalgar Square via Whitehall I decided the
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