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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Policy – Tax Multinationals Like The Rest Of Us
If the budget deficit is really the issue this Coalition most wants to tackle, as they keep insisting, perhaps tackling the criminally low levels of tax major corporations pay would be a good place to start. Meanwhile, as Seamus Milne … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporation Tax, Economic Policy, Economy, Guardian, Tax, Tax Avoidance, Tax Dodging, Tax Policy, Tax Research Uk
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Policy – Votes for U18s and Increasing Political Participation
Scotland’s referendum on whether to stay in the United Kingdom or split and leave the rest of us at the mercy of ceaseless Tory governments will allow 16 year olds the vote, sparking the debate about whether 16 year olds … Continue reading
Friday’s Post
A4e owner on Channel 4 It’s irresponsible to say it’s irresponbile to saddle our children with debt. At least that’s what I think. Alex Andreou in the New Statesmen simply challenges the old addage. Goodbye to the last of the … Continue reading
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Tagged A4e, Budget Deficit, Guardian, National Debt, New Statesman
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Graphs Are Cool – Uk Growth Below Even Worst Predictions
http://www.voxeu.org/article/fact-checking-financial-recessions-us-uk-update “The pink range indicates the expected recovery path. As we noted in our original column, the US exceeds expectations here. The US growth path manages to emerge from and stay above the predicted range by years 3-4-5 (i.e. 2010–12). … Continue reading
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Tagged Austerity, Economic Policy, Is Austerity Working, The UK Economy, UK Growth, US Economic Growth
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Misc – Why Rich People Aren’t Necessarily Intelligent People
Donald Trump stands as a testament to why intelligence and wealth have no bearing on each other in the slightest. Cheers
Policy – Enforce The Laws We Have
When the phone hacking scandal was at its zenith, there was a question of whether more regulation was required of the media. As someone who puts a lot of blame at the media’s door for the ills of our political … Continue reading
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Tagged Budget Deficit, Guardian, HMRC, Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Tax Gap, Tax Policy, Tax Research Uk
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Friday’s Post
Some good articles worth checking out this week: It’s drugs politics, not drugs policy, that needs an enquiry – Writes Simon Jenkins in the Guardian. A nice piece off the back of my legalisation of drugs debate points post. 450,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged Drugs Policy, Guardian, Today Programme, Universal Credit, Welfare
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Politics – Our EU Future
I’ll go out on a limb and make a predication; in about 10 years from now, the Uk will not be part of the EU… or at least (I’m always one for hedging bets) if we are, it will not … Continue reading
Misc – Racism & International Football
Amid the controversy following England U21’s 1-0 victory over their Serbian counterparts, in Serbia, we once again have another allegation of racism dogging the sport, and FIFA’s reaction will be important in showing whether they are finally going to put … Continue reading
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