Welfare for the wealthy
Saturday, April 20th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is: I am deeply offended by welfare for wealthy people. Now I don’t particularly like
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Labour has abandoned its environmental commitments. Is it any surprise that UK big business is following its lead?
Saturday, April 20th, 2024As the Guardian notes this morning: Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their
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Is foreign policy a reason for Scotland to leave the Union?
Saturday, April 20th, 2024I have my regular weekly column in the National newspaper this morning. In it I discuss the potential consequences of the SNP government in Scotland
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Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work
Saturday, April 20th, 2024Rishi Sunak has launched am attack on what he calls ‘the sick note culture’. I am, quite frankly, appalled. Sunak is one of the richest
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Why is there no national insurance on income from wealth in the UK?
Friday, April 19th, 2024I have just posted this video on YouTube: The link is here in case it is needed. The transcript is: Why is there no national
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The Bank of England does not care
Friday, April 19th, 2024This tweet was published by the Equality Trust (whose work I recommend) yesterday: The overwhelmingly clear message is that the rate of inflation for those
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The IMF really needs to work out in whose interests the world economy should be run
Friday, April 19th, 2024The IMF has been sending out some very confused signals from its spring meeting, being held in Brazil this week. If I have read the
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Badenoch’s spinning a totally fabricated yarn about the origins of the UK’s wealth
Friday, April 19th, 2024Kemi Badenoch was reported by the Guardian yesterday to have said: It worries me when I hear people talk about wealth and success in the
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A 10% student tax is unfair
Thursday, April 18th, 2024I have just posted this video on YouTube. Why are we imposing tax rates only designed for those with much higher incomes onto students earning
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