Google crosses borders. The tax collectors should too
The tech giant’s tiny tax payment shows how feeble governments have become in the face of corporate might. Only global action can tame the beast
Published by: The Guardian
Monthly Archives: January 2016
For Cameron to speak of a ‘bunch of migrants’ is beneath him
This blithe dismissal of the Calais camp residents would have been a terrible phrase for the PM to use at any time. To say it on Holocaust Memorial Day was especially jarring
Published by: The Guardian
Trump and Palin may be funny. But they are no joke
The Republican stars can certainly put on a show. Fury against the system is all the rage, and they know how to use it
Published by: The Guardian
Just the latest big US bigot
To the long list of communities and groups Donald Trump has insulted - Mexicans, Muslims, women, the disabled - we can now add Jews. Addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition last month, Trump quipped that "I'm a negotiator, like you folks." Later, in case anyone hadn't quite got his drift, he went on: "Some of us renegotiate deals… is there anybody that doesn't renegotiate deals in this room? Perhaps more than any room I've ever spoken to."
Published by: The Jewish Chronicle
Charlie Hebdo’s refugee cartoon isn’t satirical. It’s inflammatory
I hesitate to criticise Charlie Hebdo. A year and a week ago it felt all wrong. Then, after 11 of the French magazine’s staff had been murdered, the only fitting response was sympathy for the families of those slain, and clear, unambiguous denunciation of the men who had sought to silence them with bullets.
Published by: The Guardian
War and Peace is a hit. But Britain can’t keep living in the past
Who can resist War and Peace? When it was a 1,300-page Russian novel, the answer was: plenty of us. But now it’s on television, its second episode airing on BBC1 on Sunday, millions of Britons find it just too tempting.
Published by: The Guardian