It won’t take you long to skim this article but after you do you will be in a much better position to argue against George Osborne and the cut-business-tax-and-deregulate gang
Read More »Read this – so you know why the competitiveness stuff is wrong
The horse-trading over tax at Westminster shows that as a political culture we have simply failed to understand what tax is for – or to celebrate it as we should
We have suddenly seen a resurgence in political attacks on the ‘right’ in Scottish politics. Just as long as everyone remembers its a political philosophy and not a photo op.
Read More »Great to hear the talk but ‘left’ means something
It’s got nothing to do with the Union Square garden proposal which seems nice. It’s everything else that should make us uneasy.
Read More »The aroma of pretty flowers can’t cover the stench
Does the CBI have a grasp of basic market economics? Its stance on the Tesco Tax suggests not. Unless of course it’s bluffing…
There is a whole lexicon of business-leader-speak which is crafted to sound like objective analysis of the state of the nation rather than the self-interested lobbying it really is
Read More »The business agenda – intentionally lost in translation
The tide in Lockerbie is around our ears; it is too late to play Canute, but there is just about time to lift up our heads
The class war rumbles on, but we need to lift up our eyes and remind ourselves that universalism is a crucial element in any victory
Read More »We’re not losing the class war, but we are losing the battles
Finally, a politician says in public that the military damages people. If only anyone would listen.
The debate on a Scottish film industry simply reflects Scotland’s default economic strategy – try and transplant success with nothing to support it