RichardJMurphy

RichardJMurphy , 1 day ago to random

It’s time to talk about fascism https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/06/29/its-time-to-talk-about-fascism/ No one wants to talk about fascism, but unless we do, and realise what is required to beat it, then we are all in the deepest of trouble.

RichardJMurphy , 1 month ago to random

Rachel Reeves does not understand what is happening and why in the economy for which she wants to be responsible https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/26/rachel-reeves-does-not-understand-what-is-happening-and-why-in-the-economy-for-which-she-wants-to-be-responsible/ Rachel Reeves has claimed that the Bank of England's interest rate rises brought inflation down. There is no evidence to support that claim.

RichardJMurphy , 1 month ago to random

We have found the limits of the digital world. There is still a need for human beings. HMRC should acknowledge the fact https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/15/we-have-found-the-limits-of-the-digital-world-there-is-still-a-need-for-human-beings-hmrc-should-acknowledge-the-fact/ HMRC is failing the public. It’s doing so by choice. It’s refusing to talk to people who want help. It’s trying to make them use digital services instead, and they refuse to do that. Maybe, just maybe, what HMRC has actually discovered is that there is a role for human beings after all.

RichardJMurphy , 1 month ago to random

Starmer has no ethical or political framework to guide his actions, and that is why he will fail https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/09/starmer-has-no-ethical-or-political-framework-to-guide-his-actions-and-that-is-why-he-will-fail/ Starmer’s only appeal is his blandness. It’s a hopelessly insufficient criteria on which to build a government.

RichardJMurphy , 2 months ago to random

Tax does not pay for government spending https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/29/tax-does-not-pay-for-government-spending/. Probably the biggest challenge to understanding how the economics of governments really works comes from the need to understand that governments of the sort we have in the UK are not funded by taxes. They are funded by central bank money creation. Tax exists to control inflation. Until it's appreciated that spending creates taxation and not that tax funds spending, nothing else about how the government works makes sense.

RichardJMurphy , 2 months ago to random

As disasters go, the Rwanda Bill knows almost no limits. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/23/as-disasters-go-the-rwanda-bill-knows-almost-no-limits/. When all the politics is done, some poor refugees will suffer the most inhumane treatment by this government. It is my hope that lawyers will still be able to find ways to obstruct their evil desires.

RichardJMurphy , 4 months ago to random

Labour’s tribalism makes it a profoundly small minded party. And small-mindedness is the enemy of most things of value, including peace. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/02/19/labours-tribalism-makes-it-a-profoundly-small-minded-party-and-small-mindedness-is-the-enemy-of-most-things-of-value-including-peace/. Will Starmer finally let his party join the SNP in voting for a ceasefire in Gaza this week? Despite his words at the weekend, don’t bank on it.