As is widely reported today, Ireland is to hold a referendum on the EU’s austerity and bailout plans that would lead to a lost generation in Ireland.
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My friend, the Undercover Judge, makes a good point on the blog this morning: It will be a great irony if Barclays’ latest jiggery pokery leads to a return
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I’ve noted the usual nonsense from the right wing – let alone the CBI – has been trotted out today that the only reason large
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As the Guardian and other papers have reported, the CBI has: for the first time admitted that “black box” tax schemes devised with the sole
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The Washington Post published what I thought a very wise op-ed a couple of days ago. It was only when I was well into it
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Swissinfo has reported: The private Sarasin bank says clients withdrew SFr2.4 billion ($2.6 billion) in the second half of 2011. Its report on its annual
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I have collected data from budgets for many years. It’s become something of a habit but I’ve probably not done enough with that information so
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I’m speaking at an event with the above title for Next Generation Labour at Portcullis House, Westminster at 7.30 tonight. They’ve published a powerful blog
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