David Cameron’s recent “Corruption Summit” garnered a great deal of publicity for his alleged battle against international corruption and ‘war’ on aggressive tax avoidance. However, as well as the positive headlines, more astute commentators were at pains to point out … Continue reading
On 5 December 2014 the US congress approved an “omnibudget” that included provisions drafted by the banking behemoth Citigroup that repealed a key part of the Dodd-Frank Act banking reforms requiring banks to place their high risk derivatives businesses into … Continue reading
Earlier this year Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown of California told ABC’s This Week “It is true that there’s virtually no Republican who accepts the [climate change] science that virtually is unanimous. I mean there is no scientific question. There’s just political denial … Continue reading
The UK Independence Party faced renewed embarrassment over its links with a wealthy retired businessman as a new poll showed it had surged to record levels of support among voters. …The poll for ITV News coincided with the disclosure that … Continue reading
On Wednesday it was revealed that former Tory treasurer Michael Spencer‘s financial broking company, ICAP, had been fined £55m for fixing the LIBOR market. Spencer, who owns 17% of the company valued at £2.41bn has donated almost £5m to the Conservative … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 