What I think XR should be saying about capitalism
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021There were many reports yesterday on Extinction Rebellion’s (XR’s) occupation of a part of Covent Garden to protest about the role of the City of
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Why are ministers indifferent to our food supply chains being asset-stripped?
Monday, August 23rd, 2021As the Guardian has reported: Let’s be clear how private equity works. It buys companies using debt finance. The private equity investor usually has little
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We need change to tackle climate change very urgently. And the Tories are determined nothing should happen.
Monday, August 23rd, 2021The Tories in Scotland published this tweet in response to the new SNP -Green political partnership. Our vital North Sea sector is under threat from
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Maybe there is merit in keeping it simple after all
Friday, August 20th, 2021It feels like we are living through history at the moment. I am not just referring to the collapse of US power in Afghanistan, although
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If a company is not willing to put its tax dealings face up on the table, investors should walk away.
Tuesday, August 17th, 2021International Investment invited me to write a piece on my opinion of the view that the investor should take on future trends in corporation tax
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HM Revenue & Customs is moving in the right direction on tax evasion - so why won't it collect all the data it needs to clamp down on abuse?
Friday, August 13th, 2021I had not noted a new consultation started by HM Revenue & Customs on 31 July, but which is definitely worth commenting on. The consultation
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Then world is heading for catastrophe. What can we do? Well, quite a lot actually
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021I just posted this thread on Twitter: The world is heading for climate catastrophe. That is not an overstatement. That is a fact. But what
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Where tax havens meet monopoly power
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021I share this post from the Balanced Economy Project: Welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance, the newsletter of the Balanced Economy Project. There’s been a
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Business is producing the emissions that are killing the planet. It is time they were made to account for the cost of stopping them
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021I scanned the news this morning and it seems that a story about Prince Andrew is as significant in some media as the report on
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