Not literally, of course. I am just referring to the fact that the Today programme on Radio 4 lost 800,000 listeners in the last quarter
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Amazon and eBay to be liable for VAT fraud on their German sites
The FT has reported that: The German government is to make internet platforms such as eBay and Amazon liable for sellers on their sites who
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Is it too much to ask that politicians might think for themselves once more?
As Larry Elliott has reported in the Guardian this morning: The Financial Conduct Authority is usually described as the City’s watchdog. In the case of the disgraceful treatment
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Labour, universal basic income and a job guarantee
John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, has apparently decided that the next Labour manifesto should include a commitment to Universal Basic Income (UBI) even though, as
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There’s no surprise that the UK’s tax havens fund the Institute of Economic Affairs. Who else would do their dirty work?
I share this from the website of Greenpeace Unearthed: A recent report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) pushing back against a crackdown on
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What Labour should be doing now
I was asked this in an email yesterday; the sender knows who they are: You’ve strongly criticised Corbyn’s Labour for not acting, and I’ve supported
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The Institute for Economic Affairs
The Institute for Economic Affairs is supposedly a charity. I have long wondered how. With little regard for democracy; much for tax havens and an
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Does the BBC have the right to close down discussion of the news?
The BBC is a public service broadcaster. It is paid for by taxation (because that is what the licence fee is). Bizarrely, that tax is
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Will Carney break the Bank?
There is plenty of discussion in the financial media this morning on whether or not this will be the week when the Bank of England
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