I want to continue my series on the fears I have regarding the outcome of the 2015 general election. Having already addressed my concerns about
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Existential crisis, anyone?
According to Andrew Rawnsley in the Observer the conventional three largest political parties in the UK as a whole all face existential crises after the
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Labour is going to need to create at least 125 peers if it gets into office
This is the current make up of the active House of Lords: Assuming for a moment that there is a Labour government (the maths does
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Is it OK to say that I am mildly depressed by many of our politicians?
I have noted Nick Clegg’s comments today on who his party might support in the forthcoming hung parliament. According to the BBC he has said:
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If HSBC leave the UK it would be irrational, in their own opinion
The following report has appeared in the press: I should add that the report was in the Mail in May 2012. There are three
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The April Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
In the April 2015 Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network: How fair are our tax systems towards women? Plus: one of the USA’s biggest corporations
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The end of the Union
As the FT has reported: The Conservatives will ban Scottish MPs from having a deciding vote on any changes to the rates of income tax
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Cameron disappoints business
The FT has reported that: Business leaders have become frustrated at the tactics and tone of the Conservative election campaign, amid concern in British boardrooms
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Blessed are the beancounters for they shall inherit the policy agenda
Yesterday’s electioneering was frustrating. Or, to be fair, the commentary upon it was. Every news report I saw focussed on Paul Johnson of the IFS
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