Reimagined by Mark Northfield with more than a hint of 1979 to be noted…..
Mark Cooney – an appreciation
I read this on Facebook not very long ago: I am saddened by Mark’s death. I only met him for the first time a little
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Brexit delivers Ireland a trade surplus with the UK, for the first time ever
As The Independent has reported: A collapse in British exports to the Irish Republic since Brexit has handed Dublin an extraordinary trade surplus with London, new figures show. The
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The Tories have always borrowed more than Labour, and always repaid less: they are the party of big deficit spending
It is often suggested that Labour is profligate and the Tories are the naturally ‘safe pair of hands’ when it comes to running the economy.
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If I were a rich man, and other thoughts
The game is up for tax havens: they should be shedding their tears for the end of their ill gotten gains in private
As the FT has reported: Bermuda’s political and business elite is responding to the G7 push for a minimum corporate income tax as it would
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When the bankers to the world’s wealthiest people think inequality is out of hand surely it is time to act?
Credit Suisse has published its new Global Wealth Report: There is one message that needs to be noted from the report, above all others. It
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The government’s backing for One Britain One Nation day is profoundly wrong
There are so many things wrong with this (the video in the tweet can be played): https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1407386391819005957?s=20 Let’s start with the obvious contempt within this
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