Spin is one thing: delusion is another
Monday, January 16th, 2017The Observer reported yesterday that Theresa May was to say the following on Tuesday (presumably having been well-briefed): “One of the reasons that Britain’s democracy
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Cutting the UK hospital bed rate looks like a management and not a medical consultant objective
Monday, January 9th, 2017I spent some of the weekend in the company of doctors. The subject of some conversation was pretty predictable. One doctor present said his hospital
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Twenty five questions for 2017
Tuesday, December 27th, 2016I tend to do a little preparation for most things I do. Here are some questions I thought of for use in 2017. Have you seen
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To my surprise I forecast a lot of the last six months pretty accurately: so what of the next period in UK politics?
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016I published the following blog forecasting what might happen in the case of a pro-Brexit vote on June 19, four days before the referendum. I
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There is a magic money tree, so why did politicians lie about it throughout 2016?
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016One of the most common claims of recent years is that ‘there is no magic money tree’. David Cameron did it: He claimed to tell
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Ireland is morally bankrupt
Wednesday, December 21st, 2016Colette Browne, a columnist on the Irish Independent wrote on the Apple tax case yesterday. I am going to ignore her comments on tax itself,
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Airbnb's tax and its licence to operate
Monday, December 19th, 2016Airbnb’s tax affairs are discussed in the Guardian this morning, with fairly extensive commentary by me on my concern that the UK is being used
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Apple's tax: a court now has to decide whether Ireland turned a deliberate blind eye to the tax abuse it enabled
Monday, December 19th, 2016The Apple tax appeal begins today: Ireland is saying it does not want the €13 billion the EU says the company should owe and did
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Why the government has got the Royal Prerogative wrong
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016I noted yesterday that Lord Keen, the Scottish Advocate General had argued during the Article 50 case that no legislative consent motion on Brexit is needed
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