Monthly Archives: March 2008

We feel worse off today, because we are worse off. It’s that time of year when we feel especially harried by our rapacious government. The Council Tax bill comes as a nasty shock, when you discover just how much money they want to take off you for emptying your dustbins. For all those who who [...]

Two weeks ago I faced another one of those moments MPs and public figures should worry about. I was unable to park in the free space behind the Wokingham Conservative office, so I went to the Town Centre Borough Car Park. As I was about to get out to pay my parking fee, a friendly [...]

Today Christians unite to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. The Good Friday story was a bleak one. Worshippers hear of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas, the denial of Christ three times by Peter before the cock crowed, and the Gospel story of how the Jews demanded the crucifixion of Christ from Pilate. The sorry [...]

I would like your thoughts on what is reasonable and unreasonable conduct for an MP. In a series of Moral mazes I am going to pose some everyday dilemmas that could face an MP. I do not have any particular MP in mind for any particular scenario, but these are all possible scenarios that could [...]

There is much debate about moral hazard. If the Bank of England offers more money to the clearing banks when they need cash, isn’t that bailing out banks who have lent too much to the wrong people? Won’t they just do it again and again? No, that is not the case. The money markets have [...]