I was writing poetry before bed last night, as  I do, occasionally. I’ll spare you my efforts: the results are definitely not worth sharing. And
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The Guardian had two headlines of special interest to me last might: And: The two are related, of course, and appropriately so in  my opinion.
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The FT has just reported that: Apple has been forced to pay ¥12bn of back taxes to the Japanese authorities in a new controversy over
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I addressed a group of parliamentary researchers who were meeting at the National Assembly in Cardiff yesterday. Drawn from all of the UK’s parliaments and
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The Irish parliament may have voted to appeal the Apple decision yesterday, but the reason for those close to power to do so are now
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The Irish Examiner has reported that: Huge revisions to Irish GDP levels that led to “leprechaun economics” claims earlier this year were almost completely caused
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There has been a lot of heat about Apple’s tax abuse, and rightly so. There has been less focus on how to solve the problem
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I was interviewed for about fifteen minutes on RTE radio (the equivalent of the BBC) in Ireland last night. It’s available on line here. Start
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I think Tim Cook should remember that  old moral that when in a hole he should stop digging. Having been told Apple must pay tax in
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