I tried to write about Cameron’s appalling Hugo Young lecture yesterday, and failed. That as partly due to work pressure. Partly because I was just
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The Other TaxPayers’ Alliance | VAT: The Tories’ favourite tax. Clifford Singer lists a long whole range of alternatives to a VAT rise, which the
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From Hansard yesterday: Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton, Labour) Let me return the right hon. and learned Gentleman to the most important thing he
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The FT has reported: One in five hedge fund managers misrepresents their fund or its performance to investors during formal due diligence investigations, research from
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How to make excuses for your nasty friends ¬´ Bad Conscience. Paul Sagar tackles the Tories apologising for their far-right, Nazi endorsing, friends and allies
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This is from today’s Guardian editorial: There are some events in history about which there can be no ifs or buts. The Latvian volunteer militias
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Boris Johnson accused over hedge funds’ election donations | Politics | guardian.co.uk . Boris Johnson, who is leading the fight against a European crackdown on
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Revealed: £3bn mistake in George Osborne’s budget plan | Politics | The Guardian . We all make mistakes, of course. But I’d have thought Osborne
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I watched a couple of videos by Dan Mitchell this morning. They’re here and here for those who really want to share the experience. Dan
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