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Plaid Cymru deserves to be trouncing Labour

1 day ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

Plaid Cymru deserves to be trouncing Labour This exchange took place during the course of Prime Minister's Question Time yesterday. For those who are not familiar with her, Liz Saville Roberts is a very experienced politician and the leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons:Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llefarydd. [Transaltion: Thank you very much, Speaker].
Wicken walk

1 day ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

Wicken walk The entire Funding the Future team went for a walk at Wicken Fen last night to discuss ideas. Cameras went with us.
Starmer is destroying the NHS

2 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

Starmer is destroying the NHS From The Telegraph this morning:Almost half of foreign nurses plan to quit Sir Keir Starmer's Britain because of its “hostile” immigration policy, a report has revealed. More than 55,000 international NHS nurses want to move away, a survey revealed, raising the prospect of a staffing crisis across the health service and social care.
Inside ADHD minds

2 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

I caught up with this on iPlayer last night, and would recommend it:Some of our political leaders - mainly in Reform and the Tories - would have it that ADHD is not real. It most certainly is. The ADHD mind has more neuronal connections than the neurotypical mind. There is nothing wrong with that. It just means that ADHD brains are busier than most people's. This is not a disorder, although it can require treatment when it causes stress.
The P&O accounts debacle escalates

2 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

The story I posted here yesterday, on the late-filing of the accounts of P&O Ferries, reached ITN today, and it looks likely that parliamentary involvement is now likely:As Joel Hills of ITN notes:MPs are threatening to formally summon the chief executive of P&O Ferries to parliament unless the company can explain why it has failed to file accounts on time. The accounts of P&O Ferries Division Holdings Limited for the year ending December 31 2023, are seven months overdue.
Keir Starmer would fail his own English test

2 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

Keir Starmer is demanding that migrants to the UK be fluent in English, but there is no evidence that he is. Shouldn't he, too, have to pass a test in English competence? This is the audio version:This is the transcript:Keir Starmer has suggested that migrants to the UK should have to pass enhanced English language tests. Well, I have a very simple and very straightforward proposition to put to Keir Starmer and, that is, he should pass an English language test.
On strangers, and our duty to them

3 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

On strangers, and our duty to them I have been looking at the etymology of the word 'stranger'. The context is, I hope, obvious. I started with this:Then I looked at strange, and got this:It is easy to see how the word is used to describe a foreigner, or migrant: the alien, the unfamiliar or alien. But this ignores another interpretation, which comes from the term 'ger'.
Starmer is swinging his wrecking ball

3 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

This is Starmer's foreword to the White Paper on migration, published yesterday:The key section is:In 2023, under the previous government, inward migration exploded to over a million people a year – four times the level compared with 2019. This was a political choice that was never put before the British people. In fact, quite the opposite – the previous government repeatedly promised inward migration would be brought under control. Instead, Britain became a one-nation experiment in open borders.
On an island of strangers

3 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

On an island of strangers This poem, by Michael Rosen, was shared in the comments by Robin Gardner this morning. I cannot find it on the web.
Starmer is way beyond the boundaries of societal acceptability

3 days ago | taxresearch.org.uk | Richard Murphy

Starmer is way beyond the boundaries of societal acceptability This was posted on Twitter last night by Zack Polanski, who is currently the deputy leader of the Green Party, and who wishes to be its leader:I made the same link yesterday. Starmer deserves to be out in the same category as Enoch Powell - way beyond the boundaries of societal acceptability.