Finance
These Tories can’t even privatise competently
Cormac Hollingsworth explains why, if you wanted to sell Northern Rock, you would have done it better than the Government. So why didn't they?
How we were all Glazered by Virgin’s purchase of Northern Rock
Cormac Hollingsworth explains why the government’s chosen the wrong way of dealing with Northern Rock, and points out what they could have done better.
Quantitative easing: The latest windfall from us all to “country London”
Ranjit Sidhu explains why a second round of quantitative easing means more funding of London, with its isolated economy, by the rest of the country.
Judgement day approaches for the eurozone
Ben Fox explains where we are with the eurozone crisis, and argues where we should go next.
Coalition faces backlash on North Sea oil
Just a week after the chancellor announced an unexpected £2 billion tax rise on North Sea oil companies to finance […]
The UK’s “maxed out credit card” myth
Mark Anderson analyses the current financial situation and explains why devastating, savage Tory cuts are the last thing we need.