Publications
Friday, February 10th, 2023This page refers to and links where possible to my major publications, largely to shut up those trolls who say I have never written anything.
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The government is going to lie about the accounting for the cost of the infected blood scandal
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024The government is expected to make an announcement today on how it will pay the compensation due to the victims of the infected blood scandal.
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The cost of compensating victims of the contaminated blood scandal needn't require cuts in government spending
Monday, May 20th, 2024I posted this very short thread to Twitter last night: This story is going to be everywhere in the news over the next couple of
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HMRC needs to be in every town and city in the country
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024I have posted this video on YouTube this morning. In it, I argue that over the last ten years or so, our tax authority has
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Wealth taxes won't work
Friday, May 10th, 2024I have posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: Lots of people are calling for wealth taxation to be introduced,
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Quantitative tightening will thwart any economic plans Rachel Reeves has unless she challenges it head on
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024I have already noted that the FT has this morning, noted that Rachel Reeves is offering Tory economic thinking as if it is Labour policy.
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Why we have a national debt
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: We really need a national debt in the UK. If you listen
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Labour is not as out of touch with reality as the Tories, but it has only a vague relationship with it
Saturday, May 4th, 2024There is much to reflect on in the local election results so far, and although the mayoralties might still swing some opinions, if not much
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Nationalising Thames Water will not in any way threaten the stability of UK financial markets
Monday, April 29th, 2024The Guardian is making a splash this morning on his story: Senior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a rise in government
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