Monthly Archives: February 2009

The failure of not just one, not just a couple, but three of Obama’s top team to qualify for high office reveals the reluctance of some high spending big state Democrat/Labour figures to pay for the state they want to expand. All three perished under questioning for the same reason – they had failed to [...]

The media this morning are talking down Mr Obama. So let me say three good things about him. My first cheer is for his rapid U turn on protectionism. When he saw the reaction and the possible tit for tat moves other countries could make, he changed the policy.That is very good news. My second [...]

I have had my two easiest journeys to work this week for many a long year. The Highways authorities did a great job in gritting and salting, so the roads I used were fine. Yesterday Boris sensibly lifted the Congestion Charge so I could drive the whole way, instead of having to park more than [...]

It’s not the economy, it’s the banks, stupid. The US and the UK economies are not going to function properly again until the problems of their bloated banks are solved. The US and the UK authorities from time to time announce new packages of huge sums of money to help the banks, in between their [...]

The Obama package to save the world is now under scrutiny to see if it can even save America. Adding too much public borrowing to protectionism is not a winning recipe for success. I can see why Mr Obama thinks that if he is going to borrow and spend such huge sums, he should at [...]

The government is making a mess of the strikes. Some in the government sympathise with the strikers, and want to try to find a way through the problem. Others side with the management, and think they should be required to let a contract to the best value contractor under EU rules, with the contractor bringing [...]

Labour are worried about a revival of the “extreme right”.In politically correct circles and on the BBC I hear talk of a stunning array of “extreme right” figures, movements and regimes. The “right” includes to such commentators military dictators, “conservative” clerics preaching religious hatred and intolerance, mass murderers, terrorist groups and others who pursue racist [...]