Before 1990 local authorities were able to keep all the rates they collected locally, both domestic and business rates. Changing…
Stop Whitehall’s daylight robbery
A letter to the Swindon Advertiser In response to Charles Linfield (“shoring up support”, October 8th) my letter did address…
Rolling Stock company Porterbrook sold on… again
The Financial Times reported that Porterbrook, one of the three main rolling stock companies that own Britain’s trains, has been…
The Financial Times is worried by “a conspiracy of obfuscation”
There was an interesting Financial Times editorial today on “the central fact of British politics, the fiscal deficit”. It bemoans…
EVEL – a constitutional minefield
A letter to the Swindon Advertiser Rob Buckland says that ‘English votes for English laws’ (EVEL) is a simple matter…
Has the Scottish referendum thrown the UK into a political and constitutional crisis?
The first in a series on the consequences of the Scottish referendum Download a PDF of this here: postscotref Writing…
Palestinian workers fighting for union recognition, Zarfati Garage, Mishor Adumim
Mishor Adumim is an industrial park located in the industrial zone of the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim,…
From one Israeli pogrom to another
Download a PDF of this article here israelipogrom Israel is in trouble. Not because of the threat from Hamas rockets…
Osborne’s Mansion House speech: no market solution to the housing crisis
Download a PDF of this article here osbornemansionspeech2014 George Osborne’s recent Mansion House speech had a few rabbits in the…
‘Zero hours contracts’ – new ONS estimate of 1.4 million plus
I wrote recently about ‘zero hours contracts‘. At the time we were awaiting an update by the Office of National…
Martin Wicks 