Bank bonus season has arrived and the financiers are getting a kicking – along with their bonuses. I drew some inspiration from the journalist and artist Will Dyson for this drawing.
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The UK’s consumption tax has gone up to 20%. There’s a short history of the tax here and specifically in Britain here.
2010 Annual Suspects cartoon ©Matt Buck Hack Cartoons
Commissioned drawing for a review of 2010 – and no, Nick Clegg didn’t get a look in. Happy new year!
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Tiger Woods - man of the Year 2010 © Matthew Buck Hack Cartoons
A personal nomination for one of the more jaw-dropping stories of the year. The time and number of people who didn’t disclose the activities of the golfer (and commercial marketing phenomenon) Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods are a testament to the ability of money to keep mouths firmly shut* when there is an interest.
* This may not apply to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Dr Vincent Cable
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Commissioned drawing about Vodafone corporate tax policies cartoon © Matthew Buck Hack cartoons
Private Eye Magazine have been reporting an interesting story about one of the UK’s biggest companies
The 9th December 2010 felt like an important day in the UK as the coalition government passed legislation in the House of Commons allowing universities to raise tuition fees on students.
The law will help universities cover a funding shortfall caused by an 80% cut in the capital allowance made from central government to the country’s institutions of third level education. This was made in Chancellor George Osborne’s recent Comprehensive Spending Review.
Following public complaints, politicians of all parties have spent a great deal of time in recent weeks talking about moderating measures to account for worries about access to education for the poor, class and social mobility as if they were the most important thing about this piece of legislation.
I’d argue this is distraction. The key thing is the passing of responsibility of payment for education from the state to the individual.
Issues around social mobility and the kind of person able to benefit from a university education are only unpredictable effects of this clear philosophical or ideological choice.
It is possible to justify this as a coherent thought or policy – large parts of the Conservative party believe that there should be a much smaller number of people in UK universities.
In this respect, it is regrettable they did not get an outright majority at the 2010 General Election to carry through their belief. The foolish Liberal Democrat party are now carrying the can for them.
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If you are looking for reports of the riots that erupted in London during the course of the day, the BBC have a round up here and you might also usefully read some of the social networking sites for reports from the mainly peaceful protestors.
The subsequent riots were predictable and you can read abut them here as reported by the BBC. I’d also urge you examine the social media for eyewitness evidence of the day’s course.
