I’m not bothering to forecast 2013: it’s too unpredictable to call. So there’s only one thing I will say. I expect to write an awful lot of
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When coffee shops are in the news so is dissent
I’m grateful to Tom Pride for pulling together a chain of thoughts this morning. He suggested on his blog that the government is trying to suppress discussion
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Unless we tax rent-seeking society will fail
As the FT notes this morning: France’s Socialist government has vowed to continue squeezing the rich, despite therejection of its controversial 75 per cent tax
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My New year wish – from the Ripped Of Britain blog
The Ripped Off Britain blog asked me what my New year wish was. This is what I wrote: Can I shock the world and say what I’d
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Territorial tax: a primer from a UK perspective but with relevance for the USA
The UK Coalition government has gutted most of the anti-avoidance mechanisms in UK tax law that were meant to stop Uk based companies abusing offshore. They’ve done it
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For those wanting some New Year thinking
Why is HMRC so cosy with big business, and what is it costing us?
Read the full report here. Then ask the question – why is the UK such an easy ride for multinational corporations? More from me in the
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Tax is on the agenda for 2013 and thereafter
It’s slightly annoying to find Nils Pratley has written pretty much the blog I was thinking of doing this morning when musing on the day ahead, and
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The bankers’ 12 days of Christmas
On the first day of Xmas the Bankers gave to me sovereign debt and forced austerity, On the 2nd day of Xmas the Bankers gave to me money
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