Why do we give small companies a free tax ride in the UK?
Friday, June 14th, 2024My video this morning notes that HM Revenue & Customs reckons more than 30 per cent of all tax owing by small UK limited companies
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The demise of politics as we have known it has been foretold
Friday, June 14th, 2024Thursday was another almost relentlessly depressing day in this dreadful election campaign. Labour presented  an election manifesto that delighted in saying nothing new whilst
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Labour's fiscal plans: small-minded, totally unambitious and intellectually bankrupt
Thursday, June 13th, 2024If I have despaired at the efforts of the Tories, LibDems and Greens when costing their manifestos, think about my horror when reading the Labour
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Show us your workings
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have posted this short video this morning. In it, I argue that all our political parties are selling us shorty by claiming that they
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Tax is not essential: public services are. It’s time that election debates shifted their focus
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have to admit that last night’s Sky Televisi9n debate with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak was, overall, disappointing and uninspiring. Beth Rigby did her
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Tax the bads
Thursday, June 13th, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that we all know what the ‘bads’ in our economy are – tobacco, alcohol, sugar, carbon, plastics, and more.
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Daily reach
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I had an email recently in which the author suggested I try to extend my social media reach. This made me wonder what that was.
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The Greens: overly optimistic, but at least without the gloom that dominates elsewhere
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have already done one commentary on the Green Party’s manifesto. But, having looked at the costings of other parties, I feel duty-bound to do
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Critiquing the Green's manifesto on the BBC
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024I was on the BBC News Channel this morning critiquing what I knew at the time of the Green’s manifesto. I admit the one thing
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