I spent last evening talking to Wee Ginger Dug – or, rather, Paul Kavanagh who blogs, writes and podcasts under that name. We did, perhaps
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Tax After Coronavirus: submission to the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons
The Treasury Committee of the House of Commons issued a call for evidence on Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) shortly before the summer recess, with submission requested
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Scotland’s problem is not that its taxes are too low, but that its spending is just not big enough
George Kerevan has an article on Bella Caledonia in which he claims: His argument is: Is there anything new to say about the latest GERS
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The Scottish subsidy to London should stop now
I wrote this tweet yesterday: The 2009 financial crisis was made in London. #GERS makes clear that it’s Scotland that’s been subsidising the cost of
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We need activist lawyers. They are our protection from a government that is on the path to fascism
The Law Society tweeted this yesterday: We condemn a Home Office video referring to immigration lawyers who provide legal advice to migrants as ‘activist lawyers’.Solicitors
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A funding update
I thought it appropriate to provide an update on my funding as quite a number of people have very generously been supporting this blog over
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Ultra low interest rates are here to stay – and the US Fed is leading the way
As the FT has just reported: The Federal Reserve has adopted a new strategy for monetary policy that will be more tolerant of temporary increases
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Renewables pay
The government has just revised its official estimates of the cost of electricity generation, again. According to Carbon Briefing these are the new estimates, with
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Austerity illustrated – with the aid of a black and white TV
I loved this twitter thread by Tony Weston, who sometimes commented here, and think it deserves a wider coverage, so I hope he will excuse
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