I found this headline in the FT both simultaneously worrying and intriguing: Germany has had a constitutional ban on its government borrowing for some years
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A commentator on this blog named Ros Wain sent me this poem written by her son. I share it because I think it is worth
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The last week has seen a number of major news stories, from the deaths of refugees, to the sleaze of a government that partied whilst
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I was musing this morning having woken at my usual blogging hour even though there was no light at that time to stir me out
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The Daily Mail has a headline today that says: Rishi Sunak ‘plans to cut income tax by 2p in the pound or lower VAT before
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I spoke twice at the AccountingWEB live exhibition yesterday, albeit by dialling in unlike my co-presenters. The second of these sessions was on climate accounting.
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In my column in The National newspaper in Scotland yesterday I wrote: I happen to think that political economy is at least as important as
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I took part in the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 yesterday, having been invited by them to join a discussion on Christmas parties.
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I am very aware that to read too much into any by-election result is a mistake. However, the Old Bexley and Sidcup result is worth
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