Once upon a time concern about nature was for people who picked up binoculars. Not any more, I hope. The latest State of Nature Report makes the
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Will Ireland blink?
There is a logic to what Boris Johnson is doing with regards to Brexit. It’s easy to spot. It is that by saying he will
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Johnson’s Brexit plan: a document without honest intent
I have tried to make sense of Boris Johnson’s latest Brexit proposal. I have read the documents that have been issued. And like those who
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Inheritance tax needs to go – but to be replaced by much better wealth taxation
The Independent has reported that Sajid Javid has sympathy with a long held Conservative Party desire to abolish Inheritance Tax. I understand his desire. Inheritance
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Fisking the FT on fiscal rules
There was a deeply depressing editorial in the Financial Times published overnight on the subject of Sajid Javid and Boris Johnson abandoning George Osborne’s fiscal
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Priti Patel: sickening
I tweeted this yesterday. I was sickened by Patel’s smile as she said she’d make sure she took away the human rights of people in
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The Green New Deal: building a secure future
This post by me was on the Progressive Economy Forum blog yesterday. I admit it’s an iteration of something that has been here before, but
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Welcome to the Scottish Reserve Bank
Dr Tim Rideout is now well known amongst Scottish nationalists: it was his resolution that, thankfully, changed SNP policy on a Scottish currency. He has
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The UK trust is in decline and tax justice campaigns have played a key part in that
It is my habit to mark successes for tax justice. I see no reason why not. If campaigning does not change things it is not
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