I’ve spent the weekend on Sark, a 3 mile long Channel Island lying off the coast of Guernsey. It feels a bit like Cornwall/Britanny with lovely wild flowers and gorse. And a bit olde worlde, with horse drawn carriages and tea rooms serving scones. The island is politically independent of the UK and ruled by…
On Monday the 19th May there was a question about the regulation of offshore tax havens, particularly the Channel Islands. I intervened as this is an interesting example of the constitutional position of these islands. Their financial activities are now subject to examination by the the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2987,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html ) but the…
