12 February 2009
Dear Mr Mowshowitz,
Thank you for your email on corporate tax evasion, which I received on the 4th of February.
I share your views on this matter. As I am sure you are aware the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable has repeatedly spoke out on this issue, calling on the tax authorities to apply [...]
Archive for the ‘Financial crisis’ Category
Response from Sarah Teather MP to my letter of 4 February, 2009
Posted in British government, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Financial crisis, Politics, UK, tagged Brent, corporate tax evasion, Early Day Motion, edm, edm 665, Kilburn, liberal democrats, Parliament, Sarah Teather, Sarah Teather MP, tax on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to Sarah Teather MP: 4 February, 2009
Posted in British government, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Financial crisis, Globalization, Politics, UK, tagged Corporate Accountability, Corporation tax, Corporations, Early Day Motion, EF Schumacher, MP, Politics, Sarah Teather, Tax avoidance, UK on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Sarah Teather,
Thank you for your response re: The conflict in Gaza and the actions described therein, you have more than demonstrated your commitment to those in need.
You may be aware of the ongoing Guardian series entitled The tax gap concerning corporate tax evasion in the UK to the tune of up to £12 billion [...]
Letter to Gordon Brown concerning the 3rd runway at Heathrow
Posted in British government, Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Peak Oil, Politics, UK, tagged airplot, emissions, Energy Crisis, Gordon Brown, heathrow, Parliament, Politics, runway, UK on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a beneficial owner of land on the third runway site administered by the Airplot campaign I stand fervently in opposition to the building plans.
Quite apart from the socially irresponsible environmental implications, the idea that this runway will boost the UK economy in the short or long term is preposterous. First of all, despite the [...]
Predictions for 2009
Posted in Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Politics, UK, Uncategorized, tagged afghanistan, Africa, Corporate Accountability, Credit Crunch, energy, Energy Companies, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Gordon Brown, No Confidence, Peak Oil, Politics, Public infrastructure, UK, USA on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It doesn’t look good.
Recommended books for those who wish to make a better world for all of us (eventually)
Posted in 9/11, Cheney, Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Iran, Iraq, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, US Election, advertisting, childhood obesity, fast food, marketing, obesity, tagged advertisting, books, Climate Change, Economics, fast food, obesity, Peak Oil, reading on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Small Is Beautiful : Economics As If People Mattered
by E F Schumacher
Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
by Michael C Ruppert
Heat
by George Monbiot
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography
by Webster Griffin Tarpley
(This list is ongoing)
Quote of the day
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged business, education, elite, greed, literature, Politics, poverty, quote, Tolstoy on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I sit on a man’s back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back.
–Leo Tolstoy
UK government creates the Department for Energy and Climate Change
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged Climate Change, Credit Crunch, DECC, Department for Energy and Climate Change, economic growth, Energy Crisis, energy supply, Financial crisis, oil companies, Peak Oil on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On October 3rd Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced, among other things, the creation of the new Department for Energy and Climate Change. This is the first substantial public recognition from the UK government that energy and climate change are inextricably linked and need to be addressed as such in government policy. The tiny blurb on [...]
Mike Ruppert
Posted in 9/11, Cheney, Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged Bush administration, Crossing the Rubicon, Financial crisis, Michael C. Ruppert, Mike Ruppert, US economy on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my personal heroes is a man called Michael C Ruppert. For the last three decades he has been tirelessly and fearlessly digging to get at the truth of what is really going on in the world while most of us have been focused on generating wealth for ourselves. He has done so for [...]
2nd letter response from Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP, 24 July 2008
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged Brent East, Climate Change, Credit Crunch, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Kilburn, MP, Parliament, Peak Oil, Sarah Teather, UK on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mr Mowshowitz,
Climate Change
Thank you for your further letter on the issue of climate change, which I received on the 10th of July 2008.
I have outlined to you my concern that climate change is an extremely urgent issue that must be tackled with strong measures, and without delay. Although I am not familiar with the [...]
Thank you Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu
Posted in Corporate Accountability, Financial crisis, Politics, The Media, tagged archbishop, church, Corporate Accountability, Financial crisis, Government, Politics on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just want say thank you to the two Archbishops who took the brave and utterly necessary step to speak out against the ‘unreality’ of the financial system. Dr Williams pointed out that the current financial crisis
“exposes the element of basic unreality in the situation – the truth that almost unimaginable wealth has been generated [...]
