George Osborne’s plea is that his task is only half-done and you simply can’t trust Labour to complete it, writes MARK LITTLEWOOD, director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs. This is why the Tory mantra of the need for a 'long-term economic plan' is the centrepiece of their campaign. ...read
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Nick's worst nightmare: After Clegg's TV debacle, a former Lib Dem spokesman warns that a Euro election wipeout could see him losing the party leadership
Fearing a Lib Dem wipeout in next month’s European elections, the Deputy Prime Minister opted for an unusual, high-risk throw of the dice – to take on Nigel Farage face-to-face, writes MARK LITTLEWOOD. If Farage and his new rebel army could be exposed as dangerous, extremist dinosaurs, Clegg could rally a swathe of cosmopolitan, internationalist voters to his banner and turn the tide of opinion against Euroscepticism. But he spectacularly failed. The Great British Public declared Farage the winner by more than 20 percentage points. ...read
I’m no Jimmy Carr yet, but I’m getting better and better at avoiding tax
MARK LITTLEWOOD: I am quite clearly and unambiguously a tax dodger and I am very easy to track down. Are the government really going to come down on me 'like a ton of bricks' for the behaviour I have now readily confessed to? ...read
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