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Amazing discovery: class divides Britain’s schools

Written on 12 April 2010. Posted in Home-Owner-Ism.

Why would anyone expect the Britain’s schools to be an exception to the principle that everything in the country is divided by class lines? Its food. Its way of speaking. The music it listens to. The sports it plays and watches. The clothes it wears. What it reads. Its health. Its weight, even. Today’s report from the Sutton Trust, based on research by the University of Buckingham and...

I want to be Head Boy

Written on 9 April 2010. Posted in General.

The Headmaster of Westfriars School needs to appoint a new Head Boy to lead the school at the start of the summer term. He has interviewed Gordon Frowne, the Captain of Red House, and has called David Macaroon, Captain of Blue House, into his study for assessment.

Is High Speed Rail good for Britain?

Written on 2 April 2010. Posted in Public Transport.

Proposals for Britain’s high speed railway (HS2) were announced a few weeks ago. We decided to wait and see what the reaction would be. On the whole, the proposals have generated little enthusiasm outside the railway press, with the commonest view being that the investment would be better spent on improving the railways we have already got. Predictably, there has been opposition from NIMBYs...

African Land – untaxed or undertaxed

Written on 26 March 2010. Posted in Tax Justice Network.

There is an interesting piece from Tax Justice on the difficulties of taxing land in Africa. The problem is, it argues, “the concentration of land assets in the hands of political elites and small land-owning classes, much of which has been acquired through corrupt means”. Just like nearly everywhere else, then. It is a pity that influential campaigns such as Jubilee 2000 never mentioned...

Charlotte-Anne Schreiber, our new economic analyst

Written on 24 March 2010. Posted in General.

We welcome to our production team leading economist Charlotte-Anne Schreiber. Charlotte-Anne studied at St Bart’s College, Oxford, graduating with a First in PPE, before moving to Princeton, where she took her Doctorate. She then obtained an MBA at Harvard and has worked for the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation, the European Development Bank, the United Nations and the EU Commission....

A pat on the back for Tax Justice

Written on 10 March 2010. Posted in Tax Justice Network.

It is good to be able to say something complimentary about Tax Justice for once. They have given a good write-up to the International Union’s April conference on their website in an article headed “Why is so much wealth in the hands of so few?“

Tories in trouble

Written on 7 March 2010. Posted in Public Transport.

Such is the failure of Labour that one would have expected that the Conservatives would have been firmly set to win the next election. That the opinion polls show such a narrow lead is an indication of the Tories’ own inadequacy. When all they can offer is a vote for change, one must conclude that Britain’s political classes are utterly failing the country. “Vote for change”?...

What is the Tax Justice Network up to?

Written on 6 March 2010. Posted in Tax Justice Network.

It has been suggested that the various movements with an interest in LVT, including the Campaign, should work together with the Tax Justice Network (TJN). On the face of things, this is an excellent idea. TJN’s main concern is tax avoidance, and since LVT cannot be avoided or evaded, there is obvious scope for collaboration. Or so one would have thought. The brains behind TJN, John Christensen,...

Petition

Written on 2 March 2010. Posted in General.

If you support our aims, please sign our petition on the Prime Minister’s website

From our sleuth

Written on 27 February 2010. Posted in General.

Walking along the silver sand beach while on holiday at a secret tropical island location, our sleuth spotted something bobbing in the sea that looked like a bottle. Indeed it was! Inside was a rolled up piece of paper that appeared to be the scribbling of none other than the CoE – Alasspoor Darling. A transcript is attached.

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