July 2015

The Greek diseases

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You might wonder how we can throw hundreds of billions of Euros at Greece and it just simply disappears, with nothing to show for it. Some of this money we […]

The Pope is an idiot

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All religions are man made, created to explain things before science came along. Because they depend on blind faith of something that doesn’t exist they create incredible fervor and zeal. […]

Greece heads for the exit

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After the Greek referendum I wrote the “Apocolypse now” article that summarised the situation. Within days Alexis Tsipras of Syriza was back at the EU, presenting a deal even stricter than the […]

Tax credits explained

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The idea of tax credits is simple, they are just negative income tax, which gives tax that other people have paid to people who the government think need more money. […]

Greece. Apocalypse now

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So the Greeks have voted  61.3% “No”, 38.7% “Yes” in a referendum that has rejected the third Troika bail out of the Greek economy. Obviously these voters expect Angela Merkel […]

Labour leadership fun

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The most important recent event in the contest is Liz Kendall borrowing the phrase “continuity Miliband” from this blog (here). I don’t mind because she is the only candidate who […]

The real problem in Syria

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This week MPs were discussing Syria as if Islamic State were responsible for the Tunisia shootings. They weren’t. David Cameron is far more responsible for the Tunisia killings than IS […]

Greece has an amazing opportunity

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The people of Greece are fantastic. Amazing. Hard working and entrepenurial whilst still valuing the quality of life. Their business skills mean they own a big chunk of all the world’s […]

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In terms of the overall EU economy Greece is very small beer indeed. This is why the Eurocrats were happy to keep throwing our money at the Greek lifestyle in […]