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Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
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Richard Murphy: Wealth needs to be taxed so here's my plan for Scotland
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The Treasury should be on Covid trial alongside Johnson and Sunak taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/06/0
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Sunak and his tax avoiding wife gave £2.4m to a wealthy American college.
She chose non-dom status to avoid paying £20m in tax since he became an MP, while a local constituency school can't afford computers for the kids.
Sunak you really are...... 😡
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Amazingly that video Sunak and No.10 considered such a great idea that they paid our money to make, so brilliant as to commit to it being a monthly thing, and an hour later so embarrassing as to delete, was still in my phone cache…
Let’s make sure this piece of art goes viral.
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I cannot believe this is a thing that someone thought of, ordered, approved, published, and paid WITH MY FECKIN TAXES thinking it would make me LIKE these dickheads. twitter.com/10downingstree…
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Why isn’t Sunak being examined in the way Philip Schofield is? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/06/0
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61 year old retires after making a mess of his career after 40 years. Why the heck is this top of the news?
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I hope civil servants tell ministers where they can put this stupid offer which does not reflect the fact that prices have increased permanently, not temporarily.
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UK ministers back down and offer civil servants £1,500 to end pay row theguardian.com/politics/2023/
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The Bank of England is working the economy towards the recession it wants taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/06/0
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The government can’t keep issuing green bonds and not say what they’re being used for taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/06/0 It’s not good enough for the government to issuer green bonds but not say what they are funding. It’s time it told the truth on this matter.
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FFS.
The whole point of the Covid enquiry is to learn lessons so we can avoid a death toll of 200,000+ at the next pandemic.
Fancy taking such an enquiry to court.
If we did not know it before, Sunak is revealing himself to be the Enemy of the People.
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| BREAKING: The Cabinet Office will take the Covid-19 inquiry to COURT because Rishi Sunak does not want to hand over Boris Johnson’s messages - despite Johnson saying he wants them to
This will leave many questions as to what Rishi Sunak is hiding himself…Show this thread
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Richard Murphy: 8 claims about the Union - debunked
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Johnson brought down Cameron, May and himself. He also gave us Truss. Could he now bring down Sunak too? I'd bet on it.
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If Sunak had read the Inquiries Act 2005 he'd know that the person who decides whether any appeal he wants to make against supplying documents to the Covid Inquiry is .... the chair of the Covid Inquiry. What is the chance of a judicial review overturning that? Low, I'd say.
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My guess is that breaking the law by refusing to hand over documents demanded by a judge on the basis that you might (I stress, might) be granted the right to a judicial review that will (inevitably) declare you to be in the wrong still seems like law-breaking to me.
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Just wondering how many Covid deaths are suggested to be attributable to 'Eat out to help out' in Johnson's WhatsApps. We know Matt Hancock thought some were. Is Rishi worried that he's in the firing line on this and his support for letting Covid rip through the population?
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So Rishi Sunak's government is launching a legal action in an attempt to support a breach of a law that it created, all with the intention to hide Boris Johnson's WhatsApps from view. Could it be they land Sunak deep in it on 'eat out to help out'? Why else do this?
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Tory minister says to the Commons "Let's play make-believe hospitals".
When will this farce end?
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"The health secretary told the Commons work had started at two London hospitals
The trust that manages the hospitals says it is not aware of the work"
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"Brexit, the environment, energy bills … it’s hard to tell Labour and Tory policies apart" Spot on from Larry Elliott
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Optimism has a short sell-by date right now. Pessimism lasts a lot longer.
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Central bank digital currency, anyone? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/06/0 I am taking part in a discussion on this issue, which very few (including the Bank of England) seem to have got their heads around at this moment at 6pm this evening. Registration details are in the blog.
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The role of tax podbean.com/eas/pb-y9ymz-1 Most people have little understanding of what tax is, let alone what role it really plays in our economy, society or government finances. I try to address all that in just a few minutes in the new edition of my podcast.
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So , will you take control of interest rates back from the Bank of England? If not, there is nothing you could do to help the millions they’re planning to send into destitution. So, what is the plan?
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Millions are reeling from rising mortgage repayments.
After 13 years of Tory economic failure, people are crying out for change.
Labour will build on Britain's economic strength, grow future industries and put money back into working people's pockets.
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I proposed this last of six myths on the basis of which we are governed yesterday. I apologise. This list was incomplete. Let me add these myths:
- Immigration is a threat
- There is no money
- The national debt has to be repaid
- Growth in GDP must be our economic goal
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UK politics is suffering from six myths:
- Covid is over
- Brexit is done and dusted
- Neoliberalism works
- Inequality is no big deal
- Sustainability can wait
- We are one nation
None is true. But when will politicians come to terms with them?
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It'd be a shame if people kept tweeting this Times leader to the PM:
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A free society requires free debate.
@Docstockk's invitation to the @OxfordUnion should stand and students should be allowed to hear and debate her views.
We mustn’t allow a small but vocal few to shut down discussion. twitter.com/Telegraph/stat…
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Is the Bank of England the biggest driver of inflation now? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/3
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Do financial markets really think interest rates are going to rise by much? The evidence suggests not. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/3 Interest rates in financial markets are falling from last week’s highs. Have markets realised that the case for much higher interest rates does not… Show more
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Accountability is at the core of good government. The Covid inquiry has already proved that the Tories do not know that. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/3
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The US Army knew that anti-wokeism was fascism in 1945. Why don’t we acknowledge it now? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/3
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UK politics is suffering from six myths:
- Covid is over
- Brexit is done and dusted
- Neoliberalism works
- Inequality is no big deal
- Sustainability can wait
- We are one nation
None is true. But when will politicians come to terms with them?
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The US Army knew that anti-wokeism was fascism in 1945. Why don’t we acknowledge it now? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/3
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UK politics is suffering from six myths:
- Covid is over
- Brexit is done and dusted
- Neoliberalism works
- Inequality is no big deal
- Sustainability can wait
- We are one nation
None is true. But when will politicians come to terms with them?
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Tory ministers responsible for tens of thousands of deaths have to be held accountable taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/05/3
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Because - “we fought to withhold info from the Covid inquiry” is never a bad look.
So only 3 options here:
1) they are idiots
2) the contents are truly damaging
3) both
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In other constitutional news looks like the Govt might sue their own inquiry to avoid release of documents. theguardian.com/politics/2023/
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Hard agree with every word of this from . It remains utterly surreal that we could go through the most collectively traumatic experience since the war and then watch the political class attempt to memory hole the whole thing.
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