For the second evening in a row I sat glued to the BBC Parliament channel. You know what unfolded. It appeared that parliament succeeded in
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How long?
Green QE can apply to the Bank of England too
I mentioned at the weekend that the FT had endorsed the logic of Green QE in an editorial, suggesting it should be the basis for
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Destination based corporation taxation is a fantasist’s unicorn
As I noted on Monday, I did, along with others, have a letter in the FT criticising the proposal that Martin Wolf made for the
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Rudderless and in need of the EU: the UK this morning
I watched the BBC Parliament channel for longer than was probably good for me last night. May was humiliated. I could say ritually humiliated, since
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The era of self regulation by accountants has to be over
By pure coincidence I had a booked telephone call yesterday to discuss with an NGO why accountants were not apparently complying with anti-money laundering regulation.
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I couldn’t possibly comment
I watched May’s farcical trip to Strasbourg unfold on rolling news last night. Some might want to comment about the sheer ludicriusness of the pantomime
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The speech Philip Hammond needs to make tomorrow
Completely bizarrely the Spring Statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be delivered tomorrow. Whether we need a Spring Statement at all is not
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The reward for taking back control will be an increase in mortgage interest rates
Martin Sandburg wrote this in the FT yesterday: in an orderly Brexit, the BoE, facing a high employment rate and probably a boost to growth
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