Everybody Hates The Establishment — Rich 1% and Their Allies Are The Entire ProblemWatching the delicious saga of UK Prime Minister David Cameron twisting in the wind as the world learns of his father’s offshore accounts, I notice a parallel to what is happening in the…
The Perils of Over-ReactionDavid Cameron has had, by his own admission, a rough week. Under pressure from newspapers, fellow politicians and thousands of baying voices on social media, he has disclosed the extent of his investment in a hedge fund headed by his father, and the nature of his reasonably…
Why the ‘Panama papers’ are good news for DaveI’m starting to wonder if my name appears somewhere in the 11.5 million files of the ‘Panama papers’. I contribute to a pension fund, and this is invested, on my behalf, in other funds, in a manner I have absolutely no idea about. I’d be distraught…
The Politics of Envy“The row over Cameron’s tax affairs is now bringing out the worst in envy politics”-Isable Oakenshort, Political Journalist of the Year 2011Maybe it is the politics of envy, maybe the carers of the disabled people having their benefits cut…
Cameron will survive the #PanamaPapers tax farrago — because of our electoral systemThe Panama Papers have led to protests and political upheaval in two Western European countries — Iceland and the United Kingdom. But the outcome of these protests is already very different.
Blair, Blairmore, Camera-on and the Return of The White Raven: Etymologically driven discourse of U.K. Politics and the Return to Global Spirituality.
The Blairmore Witch ProjectIt’s been a long week in politics, and one that David Cameron is no doubt hoping was all a horrendous cheese dream.I believe it’s customary to summarise a topic for those who have been living under rocks before launching into further detail, so here is…
Patrick’s perspective: the Panama Papersforgive me if you will, but my predominant emotional response to the biggest document leak in history is one of disappointed underwhelm. residing as i do in London, it seems safe to assume that very little is likely to happen by the way of justice and…
