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Every Benefit Has a Constituency. The Bill Doesn't.
16+ hour, 24+ min ago (1103+ words) A client called me last spring to ask how a proposed change to the capital gains rate would hit his portfolio. Fair question. That's my job. Then he added something that stuck with me longer than the tax math did. He…...
Recordings reveal repeated police requests for PM to testify on Bild leak affair were rebuffed
20+ hour, 20+ min ago (51+ words) 'We don't have time. It's irrelevant,' Netanyahu's chief of staff heard telling investigator, who is told to speak with lawyers for premier...
UK judges begin hearing appeal over Trinidad and Tobago anti-gay law
23+ hour, 35+ min ago (272+ words) Some of the UK's top judges are hearing arguments over whether a Trinidad and Tobago court had the legal right to overturn a 2018 ruling to remove colonial-era homophobic laws that criminalise anal sex between consenting men. The country's "buggery law,…...
English court to rule on final challenge to Trinidad's gay sex ban
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (604+ words) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico " A near 10-year battle for gay rights in Trinidad and Tobago could end on Wednesday at a final appeals court in England. Supreme Court judges in London will hold a hearing on a landmark human rights…...
Potential Future British Leader's Resignation Sets Off Bizarre Fight
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (24+ words) British populist leader Nigel Farage announced he is resigning his spot in Parliament only to run in the upcoming election for the same seat....
Lord Ashcroft: Burnham compared to Starmer, should there be an election, and what do we think of Restore Britain?
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (635+ words) Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft. com "My latest poll looks at expectations of Andy Burnham, whether there should be a leadership election, when the next…...
Stronger Senior Citizens Commission, Policy Reforms Backed In Confab
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (311+ words) Senior citizen leaders are pressing for the strengthening of the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) and the passage of laws that would better protect the rights and welfare of older Filipinos. In a news release on Friday, the NCSC…...
The UK's Latest "Debanking" Scandal Should Give Everyone Pause
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1340+ words) Zero Hedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero...
Howard Leigh: The Employment Rights Act was not Starmer's favourite policy - Burnham seems far keener
1+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) Lord Leigh of Hurley is a Tory back bench Peer, Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party and Senior Partner of Cavendish Corporate Finance "LLP There have been many reasons expounded for Sir Kier Starmers downfall. Personally I think that Kemi…...