Three quotations from the last day’s papers and publications do, when combined, explain a lot. The first is from Martin Wolf of the FT: In
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Inequality, Cayman style
This story comes from this week’s Offshore Wrapper from the Tax Justice Network (which I recommend): And now for an everyday story about the power of financial
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Free thinking on HMRC
A man called Bob Mountain, who as far as I know I have never met, has an article out on the Open Democracy web site
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The right to comment
I thought this comment from the Church of England website today was powerful, especially in the light of political reaction to the Bishop’s letter to
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Oborne on democracy
Peter Oborne, like Simon Jenkins, can be a deeply annoying right wing commentator. And also an exceptionally good writer who sometimes delivers an exceptionally good
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My interview on the Today programme this morning
I was on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning – making an early morning 80 mile round trip to a studio to do it. Their
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Nadine Dorries misses the point
I, inevitably, listened to more of the Today programme than usual this morning as I was on it. In the process I heard the Bishop
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The end of democracy?
The Eurozone has told Greece there is no negotiation to be done on its bailout. As Phillip Inman has put it in the Guardian: And
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