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House of Lords FTT debate Hansard Wednesday 11 July 2012 (scroll down to 5.48 pm) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/120711-gc0001.htm#1207122000285 Lord Harrison refers to March 2012 report, "Towards a Financial Transaction Tax" (link below)...

"French socialist government proposes massive tax hike'. http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/52096 "According to the amended budget....(financial transaction tax) will be raised to 0.2%"

----http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/24/financial-transaction-tax-rebalance-economy?newsfeed=true

In the campaign against BO, isn't this video clip evidence for circulation, showing his politically motivated dissembling? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfZ3kaKZoIw The undermentioned reads like a prudent run-down of the present state of play. (Couldn't access the link to "EU officials are...

Netherlands' De Jager, "I can tell you we will not be among the countries that will sign up to the enhanced cooperation" http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120621-714451.html This may be insignificant (or perhaps not). UN's Moon has appointed G20 ftt refuser, Oz PM Gillard, co-chair...

Sorry, someone sent us two links - below is the current story:- ----http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/anthony-hilton-a-financial-transactions-tax-may-not-be-so-bad-7789318.html

------http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/16/financial-transaction-tax-obama-2012_n_1153841.html

Malta ------http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120523/local/Gonzi-will-insist-no-to-financial-transaction-tax.420924

Brilliantly succinct site outlining the facts in terms that anyone can understand. Brilliant sample letter. Thanks, Tom and Tortoise.

G8 communique, -----http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2012campdavid/g8-economy.html "Against this background, we commit to take all necessary steps to strengthen and reinvigorate our economies and combat financial stresses, recognizing that the right measures are not the same for each of...

If Hollande tries to ftt arm-twist Obama, he can't count on Canada, UK, Russia and Japan. -----http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/18/g8-summit-financial-tax?newsfeed=true The G8 Communique should provide some clarification.

ICAP's Spencer rubbishes FTT http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120516-710513.html Further, FTT-hold-out DC is yet to be grilled by the Leveson witch hunt (LOL) and possibly Robert Jay's prosecutorial questioning style loaded with innuendo and deliberate witness aggravation. How DC...

One of several publications that should be quickly challenged via quick attention-grabbing comment and a link to the abovementioned educational materials :- ------http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-ryan-murray/the-robin-hood-tax_b_1513664.html

Merkel got herself into it on bad advice. No-one outside a few sporadic obsessed crazies wants it. Foreign governments don't want to be dragged into a risky, complicated and unpredictable tax scheme that could result in a politically grotesque miscalculation. The majority of countries...

Opportunity here to set feedback tone:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9077714/Financial-Transaction-Tax-is-unworkable-the-letter-in-full.html

Interesting rundown on new Finnish President and former finance minister. Although it appears he doesn't wield much power, his political conservatism may strengthen the Fins' current FTT refusal. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-02/06/content_14543502.htm

Cameron (EU summit) - "In the spirit of this healthy competition with France, if France goes for a financial transactions tax then the door will be open and we'll be able to open many more French banks and businesses to the UK and we'll expand our economy in that way."

The logic against a stamp duty is already underway:- http://www.fundweb.co.uk/uk/tobin-tax-vs-stamp-duty-both-are-worse-says-bdos-crean/1045122.article No detail as yet. Strategy can be tweaked accordingly.

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LYBLWJ1A1I4H01-5QCO356EFHVU9KBAC7JIN5EN9M Bloomberg Business Week 25 Jan Borg Says EU Transaction Tax Could Drive Up Borrowing Costs. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said the European Union's proposed financial transaction tax...