There are two reports out this morning on the future of auditing and by pure chance I will be giving a presentation at the Institute
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Dictatorship is never a matter for irony
I confess to not being Tim Harford’s greatest fan. But he reached new lows in the FT this weekend when saying: The central banks got
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The US plans for a Green New Deal – funded by Green Quantitative Easing
This comes from Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s plan for a Green New Deal, which will be tabled next year: The Plan for a Green New Deal
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Like the vicars of old, Theresa May deserves to be ignored
Democracy is, with the exception of divorce, the clearest embodiment there is of the fundamental human right to change your mind. Those saying that democracy
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Being anti-business makes little sense when the mixed economy is here to stay
There appears to be a worrying trend appearing amongst some on the left. That is to assume that business is necessarily a bad thing. I
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The dissembling on the way to the demand for a hard Brexit
Shall we note what the Brexiteers were saying back in 2016 about leaving the EU? Try watching the video at the top here. What they were saying
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Spport for a Green New Deal grows
This is from The Guardian, yesterday, by Yanis Varoufakis, and unashamedly borrowed since he borrowed the term Green New Deal: What Europe needs is a Green
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Marching to an outcome no one wants
I had some sympathy with this, in the Guardian this morning: On this occasion Juncker is right. But of course, he’s also ignoring the fact that
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We’re 50:50 for hard Brexit now
My friend and occasional co-author Howard Reed asked on the blog this morning: What would you say is the probability of “no-deal Brexit” now Richard? I’d
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