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Category Archives: Economics
The Dane who wants Brexit
It is not easy being rejected, as a sales person I can say that with some confidence. You work hard to develop coping mechanisms but it is still uncomfortable. As we deliberate about the way we will vote on 23rd … Continue reading
A lack of discrimination
A news report in Mondays Independent newspaper responds to the way in which young men and women from Independent Schools are able to gain advantage from their education and are disproportionately represented in the high ranks in Business, Public Sector … Continue reading
A Minister with experience
It is easy to identify Government Ministers in this Government and indeed many preceding ones who lack any real world experience in the areas in which they now make decisions on behalf of the whole nation. It is not a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrea Leadsom, Estelle Morris, Ros Altmann
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Our country, economy and democracy
As the rhetoric continues unabated through the referendum megaphone which is hard to ignore, we need a discussion that outlines what form of society we need and want! A debate that takes us into July and beyond, one that ensures … Continue reading
We need expertise, not biased ignorance
This morning the MP for Witham, Priti Patel was speaking about the EU referendum on Radio 4, a subject for which her views are already very well known. She was after all a member of the Referendum Party before joining … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amjad Bashir, Priti Patel, Radio 4 Today
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Inconsistent and damaging arguments
This week as PanamaGate has been unravelling, several of David Camerons Cabinet colleagues have tried to explain his actions and they seem to have created a bit of a mess. It may have been that people like Nick Boles and Michael Fallon along … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Cameron, Ian Cameron, Michael Fallon MP, Nick Boles
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Daniels sleight of hand on taxation
When a magician points to activity in one area of the stage, the real trickery takes place somewhere else, in a location that we will only see if we ignore their directions. However for the sleight of hand to be effective, the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Daniel Hannan, David Cameron, HMRC, MEP, Panama
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The worst of all worlds?
According to David Owen speaking in the last few hours, we need to leave the EU in order to protect the NHS from TTIP. This seems perverse logic at its most extreme as TTIP is still being discussed with the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Owen, EU Referendum, TTIP
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Why the Panama papers are so toxic
Assuming that the papers ultimately show that the men and women who have used Panama as a tax haven have done nothing illegal, the question is surely why have so many people who set the tax rules for residents of the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged House of Lords, Ian Cameron, Mossack Fonseca, MPs
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We need a fairer society
It is clear from this graph that the experience of those involved at the top of FTSE100 companies is very different from the lives of many of those who really do create wealth in this country. Yet whenever Government Ministers speak about … Continue reading
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