Below are some useful links to press articles:
Retrospective legislation may produce applause today but it will damage Britain in the years to come - Jill Kirby, Conservative Home
Retrospective taxes conflict with good policy, say MPs - Step Journal
Retrospective taxation: the democratic dilemma - The Freedom Association
Retrospective taxation - D. R. Myddelton, Institute of Economic Affairs
Certainty over tax rules is overrated - Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist