The problems for the Jersey economy just grow and grow — or rather shrink and shrink. Data on Jersey’s income for 2009 has just been
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George lets VAT cats off his tax hook
Great headline, I think. It’s in the Mirror this morning. The story says: George Osborne is exposed as a hypocrite for talking tough over a
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Plan B for Jersey – the saga continues
As some will know, Colin Powell, the man many think behind all power in jersey, one time head of its civil service, then head of
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Jersey – an “independent” financial centre?
There was a conference last week in Jersey, the aim of which was to explore the possibility of the island (and Guernsey) becoming independent of
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Low Value Consignment Relief: Time for action
Indefatigable VAT campaigner Richard Allen has, I know, sent the following letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer today, outlining the unassailable case he has
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Jersey: getting it’s priorities wrong
As one of my Jersey correspondents has told me this morning: The States have been debating their spending plan. The "tax and spend" lobby is
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Jersey – in terminal decline
Jersey just keeps on sinking, rapidly: Bank deposits in Jersey fell during the second quarter of 2010 as global austerity measures affected the world’s financial
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Jersey: proving it’s anything but a supporter of free markets
It’s fascinating to note that Jersey, that bastion of the free movement of capital is so ready to argue to restrict access for labour: ISLANDERS
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The Isle of Man needs an opposition – and it isn’t me
The Isle of Man Today web site carries the following back handed compliment today, the following being an edited (shortened) version of the story: We
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