Large company accounts are works of fiction
Sunday, April 28th, 2024I have this morning posted this video on YouTube, addressing an issue of accounting and transparency that matters to me. I think the format for
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Labour's plan for rail nationalisation make sense - but do not go far enough
Saturday, April 27th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning. It is a particularly current topic. Railways are an issue in which I have particular interest. I
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Politicked out
Saturday, April 27th, 2024My wife declared herself politicked out this morning. I suspect she is far from alone. There is almost universal annoyance amongst people I know (by
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Why Kemi Badenoch was wrong about the Glorious Revolution
Saturday, April 27th, 2024It is a week or so ago now that Kemi Badenoch claimed that it was wrong to suggest that the wealth of the UK was
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Penalties on carers make clear that we are being governed by people who do not care
Friday, April 26th, 2024As the Guardian has noted: New figures show more than 150,000 unpaid carers are now facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, as MPs, charities
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Why more government spending can require more tax revenue
Friday, April 26th, 2024I posted this video, which explains why more government spending in the UK is likely to require more tax revenue to be raised, at least
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Scotland’s political problem
Friday, April 26th, 2024The SNP government in Scotland is in trouble. The coalition agreement with the Greens in Scotland (who are a different party to the Greens in
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Freedom from fear
Thursday, April 25th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: Freedom from fear is one of the things that every politician should
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Do we have a sickness culture or a sick benefits system?
Thursday, April 25th, 2024The FT has offered an an analysis in so-called sick note culture today. Its conclusion is that there is no such thing. The data on
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