Why I put myself back in the dock over Fortnum’s
On 26th March, I was arrested, along with 144 other people, for sitting down in Fortnum and Mason, in protest at their tax avoidance scheme, which costs taxpayers nearly £10m…
The kids are all riot
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. "Morning Splinter" I say as my…
Bond markets boom – time to borrow
In both the USA, and the UK, investors are rushing into government bonds. Scared by the turbulent stock market, those with money are desperate to lend money to governments rather…
Total Politics blog awards – vote for us!
Every year, the magazine Total Politics asks you to vote for your favourite blogs. People react in different ways - some blogs ignore the whole thing. They pretend that they…
The Government Must Rethink the Use of Detention, Before More Lives Are Lost.
“I woke up around 6am and saw Uncle lying on the floor. It was extremely hot in the room and there was no window. I said to him ‘Uncle, Uncle…
The economic collapse: four points and a question
1) S&P aren't the point. Let's be clear: there are serious economic problems in America. But we shouldn't take the Standards & Poor downgrading as a serious economic problem in…
Bernie Sanders on the US debt debacle.
As the US Congress debates whether to accept a plan to cut $ in spending over 10 years, and raise not one cent in taxes on the rich, let's hear…
UK loses Zimbabwe payment record
By Tim Jones Part of my work at Jubilee Debt Campaign is to find out information about the debts owed to the shadowy Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) of the…
Cut tax, borrow, then blame women: now the Tories are copying Bush
The reaction from the right to Britain's spluttering economy has shown an astonishing lack of imagination. First out of the blocks, we see Boris Johnson tell us that we should…
Obama: Debt, Default and Betrayal
Last week Sunny told us that he was frustrated with people like Glenn Greenwald who think Obama is giving away too much in the current negotiations over the US debt…