What’s so sick about Michael Gove’s plan is that he’s maximising the damage he can cause to the economy
Sunday, July 11th, 2010It’s pretty frustrating watching Michael Gove announce cuts to the school building programme. Seven hundred communities will not get the schools they need. As Andrew
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No more VAT, but more bank tax please
Saturday, June 19th, 2010From the Guardian, today, this call for no VAT increase and an ambitious programme for the banks to pay more tax: As economists we are
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The folly of following Ireland – whose cuts have not worked
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010George Osborne has said, often, that Ireland is the model the UK should follow in tackling its deficit. So it’s fascinating to read a paper
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Ryanair is paying no tax - despite record sales Irish, Business - Independent.ie
Monday, June 7th, 2010Ryanair is paying no tax — despite a record €3bn sales – Irish, Business – Independent.ie. Not my work at all, but this is interesting:
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The repugnant Mr Gove
Monday, May 31st, 2010It beggars belief that when everything in education is to be cut Michael Gove has the temerity to announce an exemption: the profit his friends
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Another ConDem attack on democracy
Friday, May 14th, 2010Bankers in charge of the Treasury — Left Futures. I’ve just referred to one attack on democracy by the new government. Ann Pettifor refers to
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Left Futures
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Left Futures is a new blog backed by long standing (I think 40 years in the House constitutes long standing) Labour MP Michael Meacher. It
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The Nasty Party might make me change my mind
Sunday, May 9th, 2010I have been arguing it might be best for Labour and Lin Dems to let the Tories form a minority government in the sure knowledge
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Election thoughts
Friday, May 7th, 2010Blogs are meant to be streams of consciousness. This is what this one is! How to feel this morning? Delighted the Tories have not got
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