Ritchie claims on this very blog that ICAEW loves his work.

You ignore the fact that Graham Dale was Stephen Timms' SPAD when in office and both are fans of my work

As avowedly is Michael Izza - or so he told me

How then, can you explain this?

The ICAEW had a breakfast seminar two weeks ago to discuss country-by-country reporting. The summary of what occurred is here.

I asked to attend this seminar. As an ICAEW member and the creator of the country-by-country reporting concept I thought that a pretty fair thing to ask. But I was not allowed to do so.

Now, Tim Worstall often goes on about revealed preference, the notion that you can determine the preferences of consumers by what they do. It's a sort of "see what people do rather than what they say". While I'm sure both Dale and Izza would tell Ritchie to his face that they're fans of his work, we can learn far more from ICAEW snubbing him at a seminar in which he is - objectively - the world's leading expert.

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