Our post election Tardis is going to be smaller inside
Friday, April 28th, 2017A comment in the Guardian is worth sharing the morning: One EU diplomat said: “I am deeply pessimistic that there will be a positive outcome
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If there's a case for Northern Ireland then there is too for Scotland and Wales
Friday, April 28th, 2017The EU has, wisely in my opinion, agreed that Northern Ireland would be immediately readmitted to EU membership if it were to join a United
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Progressive Pulse: a new 'must read'
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017In February I suggested that those who commented regularly here were offering opinions that were far too well reasoned, and important, to be consigned to
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If Bill Gates walked the talk he'd be a lot more credible
Thursday, April 20th, 2017Bill Gates has, according to the Guardian, warned ‘that should the Conservatives go ahead and abandon the UK’s overseas aid spending pledge it would reduce
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Independence is one thing, but then what for tax in Scotland?
Thursday, April 20th, 2017I had some interesting discussions in Scotland yesterday. One, perhaps earlier in the day than desirable for such issues to be considered, concerned the tax
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Is anyone listening?
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017There is a certain surrealness about blogging at present. There’s this slight, but persistent and nagging feeling that no one is listening. i am not
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The politics of Gibraltar are outdated folly pursued in a spirit of absurdity
Sunday, April 2nd, 2017I suggested that it was time to say goodbye to Gibraltar on this blog last year. I was explicitly discussing the future of the British
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Oxfam shows that country-by-country reporting really does expose tax dodging
Monday, March 27th, 2017Oxfam has published a new report this morning on a survey it has done on the country-by-country reporting of Europe’s twenty biggest banks. I welcome
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On Scotland, data, data denial and GERS
Thursday, March 16th, 2017I continued to find myself in the middle of a Twitter and blogging storm yesterday as a result of my comments on the quality of
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