Andrew Baker, with whom I have co-authored, had a good piece in the Belfast Telegraph yesterday on the lonely campaign he, I and a few others with ICTU
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A campaign win: Northern Ireland is not going to be a tax haven, yet
For the last 30 months or so I have been arguing against a cut in the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland to match that in the Irish Republic.
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Northern Ireland is at an economic crossroads and cutting corporation tax would be the wrong turning
I have co-written a comment article on Northern Ireland’s corporation tax debate with Andrew Baker, a Reader in Political Economy at Queen’s University, Belfast for the blog of
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Ireland maintains it’s not a tax haven, but they all say that
I was amused by the FT’s juxtaposition of a report on some growth in the Irish economy, about which the Irish Development Authority had obviously delivered some puff to
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Apple forgot to mention Luxembourg
Kenneth Thomas makes a very good point about Apple’s tax accounting. As he has pointed out this morning: Some commenters on my article [on Apple]
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Facebook is doing a Double Irish
For these who can get through the paywall The Sunday Times and others have an article today on Facebook copying the worst of Google’s tax
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Boris Johnson’s Irish racism is no more acceptable than any other racism
From the Guardian this morning: Over the years a range of individuals and organisations have worked positively in London to tackle myths, ignorance and prejudice
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Want an example of a Courageous politician?
You could start here if you’re looking for an example of a Courageous politician. Here’s a man of belief who knows what he has to
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No cut in Northern Ireland’s corporation tax rate for 4 years at least
This is welcome news from the Press Association: Any future cut to the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland will have to wait for at
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