Crisis? What Crisis?
The Government claims that there is no crisis in the NHS: it is spending more money on the NHS than ever before. And in cash terms this is true. True, […]
What would it Take to have Decent Housing?
An estimated 8.4 million people in England are living in an unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable home, according to a recent report by the National Housing Federation (NHF). That is one […]
Who Still Believes in Austerity?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has declared that the era of austerity is over. And voters no longer believe in it. But what about the experts? Most economists never did […]
Shall we be Happy and Prosperous?
If you were running a country for the benefit of its citizens, you would want to see them growing happier and more prosperous year by year. If you were looking […]
How to Fix Capitalism
Even The Economist, that bastion of free markets acknowledges that today’s capitalism has problems. But opinions differ widely on the nature of the solution to those problems: some think that […]
Why so Desperate for a Halloween exit?
Why are the current cabinet so desperate to leave the EU on 31st October – even to the point of plunging the UK into the chaos of a no-deal Brexit […]
Why Jacob Rees-Mogg is Still Smiling
At first glance, it seems that it might not have been a very good week for JRM. Especially after reclinergate. Certainly, the media are generally assuming that last week went […]
Fox News
In a remarkable article in Thursday’s Evening Standard, Liam Fox made a persuasive case for the facts to be brought into political discourse – but not in the way he […]
Understanding the Coup
This is a transcript of the 99% Launch presentation at the IPPR on Tuesday, 3 September 2019. Understanding the Coup A week ago, I thought I had my presentation ready. […]
How To Make a Killing from Brexit
This note is satire, not investment advice. If you are not already following the strategies it sets out, you are unlikely to make money by doing so now. But you […]