Alan Hicks
            
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      Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
        From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
      as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
    
  
      🧙♀️ Single Market Masters 
 
The EU Single Market is one of Europe’s greatest achievements, empowering citizens and businesses alike.
 
It grants us four legendary superpowers. ⚡👇
        The EU Single Market is one of Europe’s greatest achievements, empowering citizens and businesses alike.
It grants us four legendary superpowers. ⚡👇
      This is an era of geoeconomics. 
And we must use our geoeconomic weight to protect our strategic sectors and supply chains
It’s a matter of national security.
And Europe has what it takes to thrive in this new confrontational world ↓
link.europa.eu/hvyWFM
        And we must use our geoeconomic weight to protect our strategic sectors and supply chains
It’s a matter of national security.
And Europe has what it takes to thrive in this new confrontational world ↓
link.europa.eu/hvyWFM
      Is it acceptable to fold the corners of pages in a book (that you own) to serve as bookmarks?
Acceptable: 56%
Unacceptable: 34%
yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...
        Acceptable: 56%
Unacceptable: 34%
yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...
      Today at 11am "The Tax Conundrum" starts on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Ahead of what will be another tax raising budget I ask in this new 3 part series why we seem to find it so hard to have a rational conversation about how MUCH we pay in tax and HOW we pay it... 📻🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
      
          Ahead of what will be another tax raising budget I ask in this new 3 part series why we seem to find it so hard to have a rational conversation about how MUCH we pay in tax and HOW we pay it... 📻🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Tax Conundrum, Episode 1: The Problem
          What's wrong with our tax system?
        
          
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It’s China vs the world” says US Treasury Secretary but is it in fact the trade war vs the Nasdaq?
Mad week in America… trying to work out how the rest of the world, and markets work out what’s going on with US economic policy and markets…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
      
          It’s China vs the world” says US Treasury Secretary but is it in fact the trade war vs the Nasdaq?
Mad week in America… trying to work out how the rest of the world, and markets work out what’s going on with US economic policy and markets…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bankers on edge, a gilded cash room and US blaming China - my week at IMF
          After five days talking to ministers, bankers and trade negotiators at the IMF, the BBC's Faisal Islam assesses the global outlook.
        
          
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      Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
    
         
        