Yes it reminds me of the Luddite movement in the early 19th century protesting against the mechanisation of weaving or farmers in the mid-19th century or the protests against closing coal mines in th… (View Post)

The problem with financial regulation pre-2007 wasn't that it was insufficient, it was that it was ineffectively applied. The mechanisms existed to control financial markets, but the ineffective regu… (View Post)

Just a thought, but if Income Tax Capital Gains Tax Employees' National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Inheritance Tax (IHT) Indirect Taxes & Duties Value Added Tax Insurance Premium Tax Excise D… (View Post)

Le chalice empoisonné? (View Post)

Not sure the Baltics really matter as they have a combined population about half the London metro area and they are all scared stiff of Russia, have large Russian minorities (not Lithuania) and catas… (View Post)