2011 June 16

Worcester Literary Festival – June 21 – come along and let’s talk

Posted on June 16 2011

I am at Worcester Literary Festival on June 21, which is next Tuesday. Full details are here. Please come along.

The House of Lords are incredulous: of course International Financial Reporting Standard

Posted on June 16 2011

The House of Lords recently undertook a review of the role of auditors in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The report was damning,
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H M Revenue & Customs is letting big business off the hook – according to its own senior staff

Posted on June 16 2011

ARC – the Association of Revenue and Customs – which is the union for higher grade staff at H M Revenue & Customs has issued
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Balles gets it: cuts don’t work

Posted on June 16 2011

From Ed Balls’ speech this morning: George Osborne’s logic is that if Greece, Ireland and Portugal had adopted the same approach that he is taking,
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New on Forbes: Has the International Financial Reporting Standard Foundation pressed the self destruct button?

Posted on June 16 2011

I’ve got a new blog on Forbes that looks at the proposed reform of the IFRS constitution. The reform is wholly negative. as I say in the
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Osborne – the new Brown? Or are we seeing the birth of Brownbornism?

Posted on June 16 2011

There is an extraordinary feeling of déjà vu when reading about George Osborne’s Mansion house speech last night. Is Osborne really Gordon Brown reincarnated? Osborne
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Greece could be the tipping point – because it poses the question who is to rule: is it democracy or banks?

Posted on June 16 2011

Greece is descending into chaos. It should hardly be news to anyone: but it has not happened before is the greatest surprise. Of course Greece
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