Tuesday, 27 September 2011



Welcome to Low Tax Ireland

Twitter joins Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Linked-In, Zynga, PayPal, eBay, AOL and Yahoo in Dublin, where the internet hub is generating thousands of high-tech jobs of the future. Can you blame them? Lower corporation tax rates and lower personal tax rates made it an easy decision for Ali Rowghani, the chief financial officer of Twitter. The UK has to become more tax competitive if it wants to attract geographically mobile internet firms.

The Words “In a Brewery” Come to Mind

Guido has spent the day skulking the corridors of the Liverpool Convention Centre and Jury’s Inn waiting for the Labour Party conference to really kick off. Lobbyists and hacks seem to outnumber the dyed in the wool types and even the most rabble rousing of activists are amusing themselves playing Sky’s political top trumps. It’s as quiet as a scouse mouse.

The whole conference is a bit of a shambles.



Psycho Politician Tried to Avoid Speeding Ticket Blame - Mail
Tony Blair’s Shady MillionsDaily Beast
Tax the Poor More – IPPR
Progressive Tax CutsPlatform 10
BBC DG: Guido Gets Scoops, But Can You Believe Him? – Reuters
Chuka’s Embarrassing Teenage Choon PastPolitical Scrapbook
Tony Blair and the Billionaire HeiressMail
Ed Balls: The The Truth About My Nazi PastMail
Gove’s Education Department Nest of Vipers – Ian Birrel
Gordon Brown Obsessed with Settling ScoresMail