I tweeted these two paragraphs last night: I watched the Irish film, Arracht tonight. It is bleak, telling how English Tory landlords imposed starvation on
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Why is it that those who live off financial speculation are taxed so much less in the UK than those who work for a living?
My old friend and long term colleague in tax justice and accounting reform campaigning, Prem Sikka, who now sits in the House of Lords, said
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This government is choosing to impose hunger on people and there are people in this country cheering them on
It’s April Fool’s day, but the only fools are in the government, who think that the people of this country can be taken for a
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Covid is all about the politics of denial now, for which we will pay a very high price
This is the latest data on the number of patients in the UK in hospital with Covid: Thankfully fewer are needing ICU treatment: But it
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Is HM Revenue & Customs turning the payment of tax into a voluntary activity for some?
AccountingWEB has a chilling article out this week by tax commentator Philip Fisher. As he notes: In November 2021, the National Audit Office (NAO) issued
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When will it be admitted that Brexit has failed?
The FT reports this morning that: Downing Street is exploring yet another delay to post-Brexit border checks on goods entering Britain from the EU to
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Sunak is withholding billions from those in need on the basis of accounting that he knows to be dubious. As evidence of immoral conduct goes, this is pretty staggering
I posted this Twitter thread yesterday. As it was actually written on Twitter I do not have a text version to share: The OBR forecast
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Johnson should be resigning today. If he doesn’t he’s saying he’ll hang on to power, whatever his rightful claim to it
As the Guardian notes this morning: The first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently after Scotland Yard concluded
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The Tory commitment to democracy is decidedly limited
If the current UK government’s attitude towards democracy needs explanation I think that can be found in this FT report: The UK government is “interested” in
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