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Diane Abbott and Question Time
I don't particularly like Diane Abbott if I am honest. I find that she speaks in a self righteous manner and is often ponderous under the spotlight. In my mind, she offers a perception she is ill prepared for scrutiny of her ideologies but doesn't care. It confuses me why the Labour Party are so keen to put her in the spotlight but they always have liked to self-flagellate. I have had to check with my conscience whether the reason I am not ...
Working With EU Immigrants
One of the great debates surrounding our departure from the EU has been immigration. Since 2016, I have, like many people, had to study the workings of sovereign and EU law to try to understand how it affects us (not much). I can, however, claim to be something of an expert on EU immigration. How 2004 Changed EU Employment This is because since I started as an independent recruiter in 1997, I have had to deal with changes in the contract ...
Murray’s Premature Adulation
As a sports fan, I was quite intrigued to watch the toe snapping tribute to Andy Murray at The Australian Open the other day. This not because I don’t like Murray, quite the opposite. Murray is a fine competitor in a brutal sport. However, the Aussies ran a tribute that, following the in the footsteps of the BBC, was bordering on an obituary. I saw the press conference last week when Murray (who is beset by a hip problem) said that he ...
The Chancellor, Chiswell & Corporation Tax
As much as Brexit is causing the government multiple headaches, it seems there is a silver lining of distraction for the chancellor, Phillip Hammond. Evidence has emerged that a company he is involved with, Chiswell (Moorgate) has played a clever game with losses. This is to avoid paying around £300k in Corporation Tax. How Corporation Tax Works For those of you who are PAYE employees who don’t run a business, you may be un...
A Country Driven by Populist Soundbites
I was in Sainsbury’s the other morning and there was an old chap at the till in front of me. Laid out on the counter there was a copy of The Daily Mirror with our Prime Minister’s face on it. She looked about 160. “You have to feel sorry for her don’t you”, he said, pointing at the picture. Normally I am a bit of a coward in these situations. I would take the easy route out and say, “Yeah, can’t be easy”. I would ...