I resigned from the electoral register of the Church of England this morning. It’s hardly a big deal for them. But it was the only
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Through the eyes of Thomas
It’s half term, so my son Thomas set out to use his time creatively, drawing a cartoon of his father talking at #occupylondon on Sunday:
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At number 25
Someone has just drawn my attention to Accountancy Age’s Financial Power List for 2009. Of this it says: In a year that will shape the
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Richard Murphy on TaxationWeb
I’ve been remiss in drawing attention to a new column I am writing elsewhere, on TaxationWeb. The column will have a different tone to the
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Time to say goodbye to equities
In 2003 I co-authored a paper with Colin Hines and Alan Simpson MP called People’s Pensions: New Thinking for the 21st Century. It was published
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Creating Turmoil: why it was written; what it says.
The Treasury Committee (TC) announced on 30 April 2008 that it had “decided to undertake an inquiry into Offshore Financial Centres, as part of its
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The arrogance that has sunk UBS
UBS is fighting for its survival, not just in the US, but quite possibly around the world following the exposure of the corporate corruption at
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Me, an extremist?
I was intrigued by a comment that I noticed had been posted on AccountingWeb. In response to comments that I had posted Steve Pipe, who
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Bill Dodwell is busy
Accountancy Age has noted my challenge to Bill Dodwell, head of tax at Deloittes, and put it on its back page: Which gives me the
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