A cross-political alliance in the European Parliament has called for the introduction of a minimum European common corporate tax rate of 25%. MEPs from the
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At the suggestion of a commentator here I offer the following: I stress that I do not condone violence, and never will. I do however
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Ireland’s austerity package is built on hope, but nothing else. I’ve already noted that it will rile the whole of Europe because there’s no move
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As the FT notes: Ireland will cut welfare expenditure, slash the minimum wage, raise income tax and introduce a levy on land and property owners
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Martin Wolf’s take on the Irish crisis is predictably intelligent. As he says: It was not the public but the private sector that went haywire
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George Osborne has been under immense pressure in the House of Commons. His move to lend £7 billion to Ireland is deeply unpopular. MPs rightly
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The Guardian has reported: The Irish bailout has failed. That’s the stark verdict from Zerohedge, the financial blog, after the euro slipped into negative territory
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Ireland has, in all but name, gone bust. Contagion — to UK and German banks and through the capital markets to Portugal, Spain and even
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  As I have mentioned here, more than once, over the last few years, somewhat I gather to his chagrin, Bono famously fled Ireland’s corporate
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