Theresa May faced reality yesterday. Reality came in a number of forms. Immediately there was the certainty of a parliamentary loss. Thereafter there was the
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Leeds Building Society is now a Fair Tax Mark holder
The Fair Tax Mark published this today. I am a director of the Fair Tax Mark: Leeds Building Society has become the first national high-street
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The reality is everything must change
Kenan Malik wrote this in The Observer yesterday: The question we need to ask is not, “How should we create a centrist bulwark against populism?”, but
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I hope Thomas Piketty’s tax manifesto is not as the Guardian is reporting it
The Guardian has reported this evening: A group of progressive Europeans led by the economist and author Thomas Piketty has drawn up a bold new
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Long live auditing
I was a little surprised to be asked to write for International Banker magazine recently. This is the journal of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
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Scotland really is another country
YouGov published polling on Brexit yesterday. The fieldwork was by constituency and covered more than 20,000 people about a week ago. This was one finding: Interesting.
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We really do need a Green New Deal
My Green New Deal colleague, Colin Hines, has yet another letter in the Guardian this morning stressing the importance of a Green New Deal and
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Macron indicated the society he wanted by cutting the wealth tax. He lost France by doing so.
The Guardian discusses protests in France this morning, 8nckuding this comment and quote: Isabelle, 41, a single mother, had never taken part in a protest
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Why does a falling FTSE matter?
Does a falling FTSE matter? This was yesterday’s chart: At one level the fact that the FTSE has been in steady decline and took a
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