John Christensen shared this definition of fascism with me yesterday. The subject has always been of concern to us. In January 2005, we had a
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Why only taxing billionaires will never fix the UK economy
Many think a “billionaire tax” could solve the UK’s problems — but there are only 156 of them. The real wealth — and the real
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The sociocide of the wealthy
The frequent commentator on this blog who uses the name Schofield suggested this morning, in response to today’s video, that: Not being willing to pay
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Danger for the wealthy is not danger for the UK
Rachel Reeves may be about to close a major inheritance tax loophole — and the wealthy are calling it “dangerous.” But what’s really dangerous in
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We should ignore anti-inheritance tax lobbyists
I read a pile of complete nonsense about inheritance tax yesterday. It was included in an email sent to me by somebody called Nigel Green,
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The wealthy have not gone
As the FT has noted this morning: Fears of a massive non-dom exodus from the UK have been allayed by initial tax data, which suggests
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Shock! Horror! Wealthy might have to pay tax!
I was amused by this opening to a report in the FT this morning: Wealth managers say their clients are increasingly worried the Treasury could
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The VAT loophole for the wealthy
Rachel Reeves is said to face a £40–50 billion budget shortfall. One fair, simple solution? VAT on financial services. Right now, banks, wealth managers, pension
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It’s GERS Day in Scotland
The National posted this video by me on their channel this afternoon: This is the transcript: It’s August, and so inevitably in Scotland we get
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