St Paul’s protestors – The real meaning of injustice?
There are many deeply unpleasant things in the world. War, famine, violence and rape, torture, extreme poverty. And what of injustices? Is it right that a hard working subsistence farmer in India...
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Banks are not special
Capitalism needs to be allowed to do what is it is good at, namely effectively allocating resource to where it is most gainfully employed. Banks are not special. They are business and they exist to...
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New chatroom launched. Leave a comment now
We’ve launched our shiny new comments wall on “Cut the Debt”. Please come along and leave a comment on anything at all to do with the debt, the government’s response, or your feelings on what needs to...
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Cameron must stand firm against Merkozy
Hard evidence emerged today of plans to take away significant powers from the UK. The plans are outlined in a letter from Merkel and Sarkozy to Herman von Rumpuy, the European Council President, on the...
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Ten Predictions for 2012
If you’re anything like me you have spent the best part of the last 4 days in a vortex of family visits, games, huge dinners, turkey soup and over-indulgence. Enjoy the festive spirit while it lasts,...
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The NewBuy housing scheme is a sham
The more I hear about this government’s NewBuy housing scheme to subsidise housebuying the more clear it is just how far this Conservative government has strayed from its core values. On the one hand...
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Tax relief on Charity Donations must stop
With the charity tax relief row, George Osborne has not had a good budget. Most years the budget is quickly forgotten and swiftly overtaken by newer news. But this year we’ve had catchily-named...
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Our debt is spiralling rapidly out of control – What Osborne must now do
Yet again this week Ed Balls and Milliband have been criticising the Government for the atrocious GDP figures, which has shown the UK is back in recession for a 3rd consecutive quarter. They are right...
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Budget Disaster – Britain is on the path to ruin
Generations will look back at yesterday’s budget disaster as the tipping point. A Conservative party that ostensibly believes in fairness, capitalism and libertarian values has all but abandoned those...
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Baroness Thatcher RIP – Favourite Margaret Thatcher quotes
RIP Baroness Thatcher Baroness Margaret Thatcher, RIP. Today marks a sad day. An incredible lady has passed away. A lady who rescued the UK from the brink of social meltdown, who saved the economy,...
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Stop HS2
High Speed 2, or HS2, is the current government’s grandiose scheme to build a high speed train line from London to Birmingham, and later beyond. Suffice to say, here at StopTheDebt we are resolutely...
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Eight reasons why Protectionism will fail
This week saw Pfizer launch a new bid for AstraZeneca, and along with it a scramble of politicians from all sides airing their protestations over the ignominy of having a cheeky foreigner interested...
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