From this morning’s Guardian: It was disappointing to note the Guardian publishing an article in G2 that was little more than a flippant gloss on
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Time to do some work
The run up to the budget is always frenetic. And now it’s been and gone and we know how debased the Tory’s thinking is. In
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Reflections on Greece – 5 – you can’t run a government without taxes
I’ve been reflecting on the situation in Greece and have pointed out that much of what is happening is the inevitable consequence of neoliberal thinking. So too is the
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I love paying tax!
“I love paying tax. It’s what separates us from monkeys.” So said the wonderful Bard of Barnsley, Ian McMillan on Desert Island Discs last week.
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Are you cheating the taxman too?
I had this article on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site yesterday and in the paper today: George Osborne is making political capital out of
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What did tax do for you today? #4 – the police
Sometimes stating the obvious is necessary. We need police. We need laws enforced. And just as much we need their presence in communities — where
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Tax and Labour timidity
Andy Burnham, a Labour leadership contender (albeit one unlikely to win) has argued this morning: It’s time to lose New Labour’s timidity in the face
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What did tax do for you today? #3 – emptying the bins
Waste disposal is one of the big issues in UK local politics. Is it one collection a week, or once a fortnight we need? There’s
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What did tax do for you today? #2 – providing roads
What did tax do for me today? It provided the road I drove along to take my sons out this morning. Nothing else will ever
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