Wealth taxes won't work
Friday, May 10th, 2024I have posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: Lots of people are calling for wealth taxation to be introduced,
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Starmer has no ethical or political framework to guide his actions, and that is why he will fail
Thursday, May 9th, 2024There are a number of basic elements to politics, but in practical terms the most important one is that it requires that decisions be made.
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Why we have a national debt
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: We really need a national debt in the UK. If you listen
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UK banks will go bust because of climate change
Monday, May 6th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript dealing with this pretty big, and vital claim is: UK banks are going to go
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There is going to be no growth in the UK. Welcome to a world of Labour austerity and the resulting downward spiral of gloom and failure.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK’s economic outlook has worsened this year as high interest rates and the lingering effects of last year’s
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Pragmatic approaches to taxing income from wealth more can always raise more money than a wealth tax
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024I was asked to comment on Brazil’s proposal for a global 2% annual wealth tax on billionaires by a journalist, yesterday. This is what I
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Labour Party? Pull the other one....
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024It is, of course, May Day. Or Workers Day. And so, the FT reports this morning that: Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to
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Nationalising Thames Water will not in any way threaten the stability of UK financial markets
Monday, April 29th, 2024The Guardian is making a splash this morning on his story: Senior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a rise in government
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Real wages have fallen since 2008 in most areas of the country
Monday, April 29th, 2024The TUC has reported this morning that: Real wages still below 2008 level in 212 out of 340 UK local authorities TUC says longest pay
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