I’m travelling back from speaking at the Worcester Literary Festival. It was a long way to go and the audience was somewhat smaller than the thousand or
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Evan Davis is very annoying
I watched some of Evan Davis’ programme on BBC2 last night and yelled almost constantly at the crass stupidity of his understanding of economics. His
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The Isle of Man is going to lose more VAT – and Tony Brown should admit it
The Isle of Man Today web site has noted: THERE will be a public announcement if any changes of substance are to be made to
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The Scottish Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility is a right wing front for tax cuts
The Scottish Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility is a new organisation, launched this month. It says of itself that it: is an independent, non-party political coalition As far as
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So now we know what the Crown Dependencies are for
There was a fascinating comment in the Scotsman newspaper this morning: David Mundell, Scotland Office Minister, said that any comparison between Scotland and the [Crown]
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It had to happen: the campaign to turn Scotland into a tax haven has begun
It was, I suppose, inevitable that the SNP’s recent victory in the Scottish elections would set the tax haven enthusiast free to argue that Scotland should join
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If the Isle of Man is so sure free markets works why are its financial services marketed at government expense?
International Adviser notes: The Isle of Man government has unveiled a radical shake-up in the way it promotes its financial services and related industries, which
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