John Lichfield has a powerful piece on the weekend’s Paris riots in the Guardian this morning. I do not apologise for quoting two paragraphs. The
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I was unaware of the existence of the Army’s 77th Brigade until this morning. I suspect others are too. This is well worth reading in
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According to the FT: France and Germany have abandoned EU plans to impose a wide-ranging digital tax on tech companies, in favour of a narrow
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This weekend’s G20 Summit declaration included a worrying paragraph on tax. The part about which I am concerned (which opened the paragraph) said: We will
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Accountancy Age has this headline this morning: This makes no sense, at all. KPMG is the firm that, more than any other, has dragged auditing
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I have seen a question asked on Twitter as to whether I am the author of these  Freedom of Information requests: The answer is that
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There is an excellent article by Paul Greenhalgh of Northumbria University on The Conversation website today. What he offers is a range of maps showing
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What did people write about during the so-called ‘phoney-war’? I do not know. I have not checked. But I bet there was a mighty lot
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Blogging on my phone is something I have never been keen on. But due to flight restrictions I have no choice this morning – iPads
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