I struggle with a conversation with someone who clearly thought Brexit was justified by differing reactions to the coronavirus crisis last week, and that all
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Jersey says it isn’t a tax haven, but there again, every tax haven says that
I noted a few days ago that the European Parliament has voted to include Jersey on the EU’s tax haven blacklist. That does not add
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The missing information on unemployment is the 1.3 million people who have upped sticks and left the country
As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November — up from 4.9%, and the
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Abandoning taxes to keep trucks moving is a profoundly costly error
As The Independent has reported: Taxes totalling £800m could go unpaid this year because of border checks on lorries being scaled back to avoid queues
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It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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Brexit is failing and the two leading parties are determined to block consideration of any alternatives. So where does that leave us?
I tweeted this last night: Just checking when would be the right time to admit that we’ve given Brexit a go and it really is
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Tory employment plans disguise the fact that the real target is the minimum wage
As the FT has noted this morning: Worker protections enshrined in EU law – including the 48-hour week – would be ripped up under plans
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We are facing wholly unnecessary economic risks and the only people to blame are the government
I have to admit serious Brexit chaos has arrived sooner than I expected. Empty super market shelves are happening. Exporters quite literally cannot export. Delivery
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Northern Ireland’s food shortages and English indifference
There were news reports yesterday that Northern Ireland is facing food shortages because hauliers and their customers do not appreciate, or believe, that there is
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