Monthly Archives: April 2010

If anyone ever thought Mr Brown was good at economics his latest statements that the Conservatives want to take £6 billion out of the economy and that would wreck the recovery ought to change their mind. Reducing the public sector deficit by £6 billion does not take money out. Public spending is either financed by [...]

The UK growth rate was disappointing again in the first quarter. Part of that results from the bad January weather. There might be some upwards revision when they get the final figures in, but it is not going to be a great performance. The UK went into recession early, came out late, and is still [...]

I was reminded by a contributor to celebrate St George’s day. I do indeed, and wish you a happy one. Never let it be said that this site is intimidated by political correctness into ignoring England’s day. We should be proud of our flag and history. I was too taken up with the aftermath of [...]

30-30-30 we were told was the scoring at last night’s political X factor show. The Lib Dems and their sympathisers in the media are working hard to say people want a hung Parliament. We are told that floating voters in the audience expressed approval when Mr Clegg appealed to politicians to work together for the [...]

Some people who blog on this site seem to think everything here is the official Conservative line and has been approved by Central Office. You should know that everything on this site is written by me. There are no ghost writers who get up at 6am to do it. None of it is censored. I [...]

On both sides of the Atlantic politicians are out preaching their favourite syllogism. Regulation stops crises. Existing regulation did not stop the crisis. Therefore we must have more regulation. All round the world they are also looking for politically easy ways of getting their hands on even more cash to spend, and to fill some [...]

It is fashionable to say people want politicians to listen more, to understand their frustrations, to give voice to their anger with the system. Out on the doorsteps it is not always easy to listen, as many people still say “I haven’t made up my mind” as a prelude to making it clear they do [...]

Now the polls say the electorate is split three ways the BBC and the fashionable commentators of the media are out and about saying it’s proof we need a new voting system. We should be nervous about such advice, given its provenance. First past the post has several advantages. The first is each area has [...]