Two weeks ago, the EU revealed that they were set to launch an investigation into a British government scheme that could help multinational firms pay less tax. The EU believes that the special exemption for multinationals in Britain do not comply with EU competition rules as they allow them to pay less tax than…
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Chatter Episode 19 – Harry Fone On Libertarianism and The UK Libertarian Party
Harry Fone of the UK Libertarian Party was our guest on today’s show. We talked all about what the Libertarian Party in the UK stands for, how it differs from it’s US counterpart, and Libertarian Party stances on a lot of issues in our modern political discourse. Resources https://libertarianpartyuk.com/ https://www.clcouncil.org/our-plan/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIQtxLCgrM Music by Just Jim…
Chatter Episode 18 – Dr Katy Hayward on Brexit and The Irish Border
Dr Katy Hayward, author at QPol (Queen’s University Belfast’s policy unit), was our guest on this show. She is a political sociologist with a PhD on the subject of the impact of European integration on cross-border relations on the island of Ireland and she has written extensively about the difficulties surrounding the Irish border issue in…
The Tale Of Two Conferences
On the surface, there are several very obvious reasons for the significant differences between the atmosphere at the Labour and Conservative party conferences. Labour enjoyed a massive turnaround in popularity during the general election campaign, they sprung from a 24 point polling lead (according to one poll) to a five-point lead in a…