In 2006 Deutsche Bank issued this press release: Sajid Javid is now the Health Secretary. As this press release shows, his prior experience was in
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The people of Jersey have paid a heavy price to support the tax haven that has been imposed on them
I noted this in the Jersey Evening Post yesterday in response to my weekend essay on that Island’s economic future: THE scale of the shift
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What are the five evils in modern society?
During World War Two the Beveridge Review identified what it described as the five evils that threatened the social security of the UK. They were:
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Jersey has a future, but not in finance
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by Andy Sibcy, the editor of the Jersey Evening Post, if I might write an extended east
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The threat to the NHS from Javid’s appointment is very high. The threat to people’s health may be higher.Â
To no-ones surprise Matt Hancock realised he had to resign as Health Secretary. Johnson, by failing to sack him can never use him as the
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Thoughts on Hancock
Did I really want to think about Matt Hancock this morning? Would I on any morning? Probably not. But he has somewhat thrust himself into
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Europe has a monopoly problem
Thew Counterbalance is a project from my old colleagues John Christensen and Nick Shaxson working with competition lawyer Michelle Meagher. The project tackles the abuse
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It is time for the SNP to rethink its economic policy
My column in The National yesterday was promoted by them in this tweet (the link is live in the tweet): 'It is time the SNP
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