A4e’s fall from grace has been in the pipeline for two years
Fiona MacTaggart writes about the two years she’s spent fighting against A4e and their shoddy practices; Now that it’s all blown up, what’s next?
Yearly Archives: 2012
Throwing money at the strike problem: Can the Tube be automated?
Alex Hern looks at the question of Tube automation. It can be done – but it may not be worth it just for a PR coup for Boris.
Revealed: The vulture capitalists willing to destroy a nation for a good return
Nick Dearden reveals the vulture funds that are willing to bring Argentina back to the brink for a return on their ‘investment’.
Alec Baldwin, not Michael Douglas, will improve corporate ethics
Cormac Hollingsworth looks at the City’s idols; for all that Wall Street is known in the real world, Glengarry Glen Ross is the real star piece.
Ken fights to save EMA while Boris fights to save top-rate taxpayers
James Mills writes about Ken Livingstone’s pledge to bring back EMA in London
Memo to 50p tax trashers, #2: The effective tax rate is hardly ever 58p
Alex Hern further questions the letter to the Telegraph supporting the scrapping of the 50p tax rate.
If you’re online, you’re in America, as far as US cops are concerned
Alex Hern reports on the uncomfortable fact that US law now seems to apply to everywhere online, no matter where you actually are
Memo to 50p tax trashers: Laffer Curve peaks at over 75 per cent
Alex Hern defends the 50p tax rate against the economic know-nothings who would cut it to ‘boost revenue’ (their own)
The Bank of England is like a lifeguard who’s afraid of rubber rings
Cormac Hollingsworth asks what use the Bank of England is if it’s afraid of one of the key tools in its arsenal
The changing face of healthcare in Northern Ireland
Edwin Poots presents his plans for the NHS reforms in Northern Ireland.