Peter Oborne, like Simon Jenkins, can be a deeply annoying right wing commentator. And also an exceptionally good writer who sometimes delivers an exceptionally good
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I was on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning – making an early morning 80 mile round trip to a studio to do it. Their
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I, inevitably, listened to more of the Today programme than usual this morning as I was on it. In the process I heard the Bishop
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The Eurozone has told Greece there is no negotiation to be done on its bailout. As Phillip Inman has put it in the Guardian: And
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qjBec3fpBI More here

This is from a discussion of tax avoidance in parliament in 1938. The speaker was then Chancellor John Simon: These proposals, which are the result
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The OECD is discussing interest deductions by multinational companies tomorrow. I was principle author of the BEPS Monitoring Group’s submission on the issue. The subject
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I cam across section 32 of the Finance Act 1951 yesterday (as one does, in my line of work). The key phrase in this is:
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I did an interview for Radio 4 on Stephen Green this week. It’s here as part of a Profile programme. I admit, my recall is based on
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