The rich won't quit
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024This YouTube is a further discussion of ‘Colin’ and his threat to quit as a result of tax increases, already discussed in a different way,
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The UK's missing companies
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube and elsewhere this morning: In case the video does not show, the link is here. The transcript is: We
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Are those calling for more defence spending simply trying to stoke inflation?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024According to historian Niall Ferguson, we are, apparently, incredibly close to the onset of World War III. There is a land war in Ukraine. There
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Financial education of young people is failing. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has the funds available to address this issue, but is refusing to do so.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024As the FT reports this morning: Last summer I asked the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to invest in financial education for
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Just wait: politicians will be shaking the magic money tree very soon
Monday, April 15th, 2024The situation in the Middle East looks to be very volatile. Israel’s attack on an Iranian embassy has given rise to an almost inevitable counter
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Poor, petrified, non-doms are terrified that they might have to pay some tax
Saturday, April 13th, 2024The Guardian is reporting this morning that: “People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg,
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Ben Bernanke’s review of the Bank of England was doomed from the outset because he didn’t ask the right questions
Saturday, April 13th, 2024There has been lots of comment in the media on the criticisms that former chair of the US Federal Reserve and economics Nobel prize winner,
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Labour's going to have very big problems with the Bank of England
Thursday, April 11th, 2024Megan Greene, who is an external member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and, as such, one of the people responsible for setting
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Why has Rachel Reeves appointed as her tax adviser a person who has said that tax is extortion and told parliament that he was not too worried about small businesses not paying their taxes?
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024Rachel Reeves has appointed Sir Edward Troup to be one of her four new tax advisers. He might be a former boss of HM Revenue
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