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Strong Opinion from our Stable of Star Turns
Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill is a businessman who has been published on classical economics and on European philology and philosophy.
Come Back, Communism!
So say the people of Ukraine, who have found two decades of capitalism not to their taste. Stephen Hill after a trip there considers whether its future lies east or west and whether capitalism is inherently immoral
The Greek Tragedy
So the EU gets ready for a 50% default to keep Greece in the eurozone: have the eurocrats gone stark, staring bonkers?
The Penny Drops
The biggest problem is the lost time, caused by the slimy invertebrates that constitute the euro-elite
Useless Bloody Swiss!
Adoboli has done us all a favour: we all now know casino banks are definitely a waste of time and shareholders’ money.
Down and Out in Paris, Berlin, Athens...
London has a chance, not a great one, but only because we are not saddled with the euro straitjacket
Francly Speaking
The Swiss action has put a decisive line under all that kind of nonsense. The gloves are now well and truly off
The European Virus
Politicians soon succumb to this deadly mixture which renders them incapable of making any sensible decisions among themselves
The GDP Illusion
I could really kick myself for not seeing through all the bullshit put out by G7, G20, The Fed, BoE, ECB, BoJ.
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
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Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
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A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
Spear's Wire
- UK signs double taxation agreement with Liechtenstein, extends Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility
- WBrief: UBS wealth management inflows, profits up in 2011
- S&P: European Round-up
- Spear's Submission to the Government on Protecting Britain's Heritage
- STel: 101 Tory MPs protest to No 10 about wind turbines
The Hedgehog
Spear's Spiky Undercover Agent Dishes the Gossip
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