The National posted this article from Lesley Riddoch today. I am inclined to call Lesley a friend, although we have only met very occasionally over
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Finding a better song to sing
Introduction to this post I thought I should share the following on this blog because I have done so with a number of my colleagues
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How can you be a politician without a cause?
One of this blog’s more regular commentators, Andy Crow, said this on the blog overnight, talking about the submission I made to the House of
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What’s next?
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 production process is coming to a close. Work on it has dominated my time over the last eight months. Writing
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Reflections
I often say that I write this blog primarily for my own benefit, to work out what I think about things. If others happen to
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Overcoming fear
I read two articles yesterday that had a particular impact on me. One was in the FT, and referred to Jay Powell’s speech at Jackson
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In the Global Tax 50 for the ‘n’th year
I have just noticed that I was named as being amongst the 50 most influential people in global tax in 2022 by International Tax Review
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Discussing long Covid
I am on the Jeremy Vine show in BBC Radio 2 at 13.00 today. Usually this means I am discussing something to do with the
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When financial experts are this interesting, it is time to really worry
I can’t really apologise for the length of this quote from Zoe Williams in The Guardian this morning, when it is about me: Into the
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