The last few days have left me asking some pretty fundamental questions of myself. I am very well aware that my suggestion that Jeremy Corbyn
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John Harris on the politics of the left
If you read anything today please read this by John Harris. I think John has summarised a lot of arguments pithily and well. Many are
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Thinking time
Luxembourg punishes the Luxleaks whistleblowers to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude
TI share the following statement by EU campaigning group Eurodad of which more than 60 major European NGOs are members, issued this afternoon: Tax Justice
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We got so close to country-by-country reporting in the UK yesterday
The following amendment to the Finance Bill was put to the House of Commons yesterday: The amendment would have put the country-by-country reporting of the UK’s
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Comments: moderation please
There have been something like 400 comments on this blog in the last two and a bit days. As I write 20 more are waiting
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Might we achieve the best that is possible?
You can’t be a student of Irish history (I am) and not be aware of the role that Michael Collins played in its history. A
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No one wanted Brexit – Gove included
It’s not very often that I direct people to the Daily Mail; least of all to a Sarah Vine column. She is, however, also wife
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Offering honest opinion
Yesterday was another tough day. I wrote an honest opinion that suggested that the policy options that I have long proposed on this blog will
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