Inflation is not here to stay
Monday, February 21st, 2022As the Guardian notes this morning: One in five nearly-new cars are now selling at more than their brand-new equivalents, as disruption to supply chains
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Is the government conspiring to create inflation?
Friday, February 18th, 2022In my regular column for The National in Scotland, published yesterday, I put forward a hypothesis about the government’s attitude towards inflation. Much of the argument
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So much for green crap
Friday, February 18th, 2022I was very interested to note an article by Simon Evans for Carbon Brief yesterday, although it was actually published in January. As he noted,
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Climate change reporting is not possible if the companies creating emissions do not have to report the cost to them of eliminating them
Thursday, February 17th, 2022The FT has a headline this morning that says: At the same time, the Guardian has front pages news that: The contents of the stories
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Companies House is currently a supplier of licensed identities available for the purposes of fraud and corruption
Thursday, February 17th, 2022Prof Prem Sikka, my old tax justice friend who now sits in the House of Lords as a Labour peer, has been asking a series
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An award opportunity for young tax researchers
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022Brigitte Alepin of the Canadian based TaxCOOP has drawn this to my attention: CA$ 10 000 prizes will be awarded to four projects with the
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Pension funds are operating in the dark when it comes to climate change
Monday, February 14th, 2022I noticed two articles concerning pensions and net-zero over the last couple of days. First there was this from the Guardian: Pension funds should face
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The operations of the Big 4 accountants within tax havens are a threat to democracy, so why won't they close them down?
Monday, February 14th, 2022There is an interesting thread from Tom Tugendhat MP on Twitter. He is, of course, a Tory and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He
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What I want is a politics rooted in reality
Sunday, February 13th, 2022I made clear my position with regard to those from the left seeking to support those who harassed and intimidated Keir Starmer earlier this week.
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