By Ewen Stewart – 4 minute read SYMBOLISM MATTERS. Reeves showed genuine contempt and the most selective use of fact. She made it clear this is the start, not the end point, of Labour’s utopia and more tax rises are highly possible.
By Ewen Stewart – 4 minute read THE BRITISH STATE is failing. Almost all agree regardless of political hue. Economic growth per head of population, since late 2019, has been the worst in 200 years. The scale of the increase in the size of the state is unprecedented in peace time.
By Ewen Stewart – 6 minute read LAST WEEK’S budget has failed. It was timid, did not tackle the critical question of out of control public spending. Further, the tax cuts were derisory, the total tax take as a proportion of the economy will likely continue to rise.
By Gully Foyle. TRADE DEALS do not create trade. Businesses create trade. All that governments can do, is try to create a more welcoming environment for the trade to operate in.
By Ewen Stewart – 6 minute read THE REALITY IS, unless forced by market imperative, the UK is locked into a tax and spend culture. If 14 years of Conservative rule have embedded this culture what chance then of a change for the better under Labour?
