My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 23rd

These are my links for March 23rd:

Fall in tax payments sends warning to Darling - Times Online - In a downside the governmemt has to break the rules - so let’s stop pretending things are as they were in 2005

Leader: Timid Brown must catch up with reality Comment is free The Observer - Keeping fingers crossed for a soft landing is questionable policy; as ideology, it is bankrupt.

William Keegan: After excess comes fear - and then socialism, at least for the bankers Business The Observer - T The game is up. It is not the end of capitalism; but a particular form of financial capitalism is going outside and may be some time.

Simon Caulkin: Capitalism’s too important to be left to capitalists Business The Observer - If bad rules got us into this mess, better ones - which go with rather than against the grain of humanity, community and the physical realities of the planet - can get us out again.

Will Hutton: If the City won’t put its house in order, politicians must Comment is free The Observer - Today’s lack of political criticism cannot last much longer - there is too much popular and even business demand for change. For the party capable of breaking the deadlock, the payback will be huge.

Outside View: The end of capitalism as we know it? - Business Comment, Business - Independent.co.uk - Yes, is the answer

FT.com / Home UK / UK - Case for investment bonds for higher-rate taxpayers - Th article disguises the real issue - that the 5% withdrawals are not taxable - so are not deemed remittances by the non-doms seeking to have less than £2,000 of offshore income. Close the loophole, now!