The Guardian notes this morning that: Nigel Farage has been described by his own general election campaign director as a “snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive” man who
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The world of finance is getting edgy about something Duncan Weldon noted on the BBC web site yesterday when he said: Across the world the
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As the Guardian reports this morning: Barack Obama’s ambitions to pass sweeping new free trade agreements with Asia and Europe fell at the first hurdle
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The FT has reported that: The role of the financial sector in the US, Japan and other advanced economies has grown too big, the International
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As the FT notes this morning: David Cameron’s hopes for a far-reaching overhaul of Britain’s relationship with the EU were dealt an early setback on
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I am getting a lot of comments suggesting that tax is just about raising revenue. This is something I fundamentally disagree with, and have done
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It has always been my view that a country’s tax system reflects both the society it is and the society it wants to be. After
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Janan Ganesh’s column in the FT is usually a source of irritation to me, which is probably why I read it. George Osborne’s biographer usually
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I was curious to note a report in thew Guardian this morning that said: Norfolk Island, Australia’s only self-governing offshore territory, will be stripped of
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