As the Guardian notes this morning, referring to an Institute for Fiscal Studies report: Workers suffer deepest cut in real wages since records began, IFS shows What’s the
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We don’t need entrepreneurs right now – we need to meet social need
I am amused by a headline in the FT this morning that says: Japan grapples with lack of entrepreneurs The article is about red tape, but I think that misses the
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If recklessness causing loss to others isn’t reason for being expelled as a chartered accountant, what is?
As the FT notes this morning: The former head of the company behind Farepak, the failed Christmas hamper savings club, has been fined by an
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Is it invidious of me to point out that UK Uncut’s critic is sponsored by big business?
I loved this in a Bloomberg article on the merits of UK UNcut this morning (which is well worth reading): UK Uncut does have detractors.
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I believe in the state, but not the feral form that is spying on us
Those who hate the state love leaks of the sort The Guardian has been publishing. They justify their ‘Big Brother’ view of all that is
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Thames Water has, no doubt, acted legally. But that’s not the point any more. The law is in question
As the FT reports this morning: Thames Water has been slammed by public sector unions and politicians after the UK’s biggest water company by revenue
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The trouble with billionaires
This is well worth reading and seems really well researched, accessible and supports many of the arguments made here over time: I found a
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The poverty of aspiration, innovation and political thinking on the right is reflected in their planned bank privatisation
It’s depressing to note that the Policy Exchange view of bank privatisation, which no doubt will be thoughtfully considered by George Osborne before becoming policy, has so much publicity this
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Vince Cable’s halo is horribly tarnished as he lays out shabby apologies for his own inaction
Vince Cable has a rather shabby article in the Observer today. Superficially it reads well, starting: The G8 summit is a real chance to clean
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