I noted this comment from the Guardian on this morning’s GDP figures, announced at 7 am, with despair: Britain’s economy unexpectedly grew in the final
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Starmer is aping Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant rhetoric when no one would worry about migration if Labour delivered what people want from the government. This is
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If you aren’t subscribed to Robert Reich’s Substack account right now, you really are missing out on essential commentary on what is happening in the
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I cannot recall how many times I have said that UK interest rates, as set by the Bank of England, are too high. Now, the
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As the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has reported: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) estimates that tax evasion cost the UK £5.5 billion in
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I took part in the Australian launch of the Accounting Streams project last night. The event went well, and I am grateful to all those
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When markets realise Trump is serious about tariffs and that the US is now an isolationist state seeking to cut itself off from the rest
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As the Guardian has reported today: The US and the UK have refused to sign the Paris AI summit’s declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial
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The far-right Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) has not been slow to jump on the Trump bandwagon. Yesterday I got an email from it suggesting
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