Northern Ireland was created on 3 May 1921. I am reluctant to use the word creation in the context of Northern Ireland right now, when
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Winning on the corporate tax rate argument is not done yet
The FT has noted this morning that: Europe’s low-tax nations have responded positively to the Biden administration’s plans for a radical reform of global corporate
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The heavy price of Johnson’s English nationalism
The world has, at last, noticed that not all is well in Northern Ireland. Loyalist rioting has gone on for six nights now. There is
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Is the UK over?
This is the front page of The Sunday Times this morning: And yet the Unionists want to deny all this, and the free choice that
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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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2020: what a year
I have already reviewed 2020 from the perspective of Tax Research UK, but the wider perspective is worthy of comment, if only as the groundwork
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How long will it be before the clamour for a return to the EU, for all its faults, becomes overwhelming?
I was intrigued to read this in yesterday’s CapX email briefing, to which I subscribe. I believe that knowing what those I disagree with are saying
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Ireland asked to justify its abusive tax policies and their impact on children
I was delighted to note the Irish Times reporting that: The United Nations is to examine whether Irish policies contribute to tax abuse by companies
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What is the future for England?
The following paragraphs were written as tweets. Each was, then, constrained to 280 characters. And as they were posted separately, and not as a thread,
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