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Leave? We should be so lucky

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Sometimes not checking my e-mail works out rather well, as in this case it rather pulled together a few bits. The Telegraph tells us that Germany is desperate for the UK to not leave the EU. Presumably because if we do they’ll be left to pick up the bill for the Euro, but all the time we’re around they can pass some of it our way despite all the measures allegedly designed to stop non-euro members getting shafted by it. I do love the comment Ms Merkel made: “You can be very happy on an island, but being alone in … Continue reading →

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The British tax system hate it or hate it

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Thanks to other people posting things to the book of faces I stumbled across two rather differing views of the problems with the UK tax system. One from the Gaurdian that puts the blame largely on companies trying not to pay more tax than they have to and the other from the Telegraph who see the problem as being the system itself. From here I’d say the Guardian is doing an excellent job of describing the symptoms of the problems described by the Telegraph – I’m not sure I agree with what they seem to think is the cure though. … Continue reading →

Terribly busy

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Between a combination of work and avoiding tax by turning half my garden into alcohol (made over 20 gallons so far), I’m afraid I’ve been rather neglecting what’s going on in the world which makes updating here trickier. so in the meantime do enjoy this fantastic post by White sun of the desert “According to this article in the Daily Telegraph (H/T Tim Worstall), Williams F1 give potential employees a basic maths test and a lot of them are failing. This is a remarkable coincidence, because for the past few months I have been part of a joint industry committee comprising … Continue reading →