Monthly Archives: December 2010

letter from Dame Lucy Doolittle to all departments Dear Colleague,             I am writing to urge all departments to stress in all their output the importance of tackling climate change vigorously. I have been disappointed to see the lacklustre response of some in the media and amongst the commentariat to the bold and comprehensive proposals [...]

                   Yesterday in the Commons Conservative Eurosceptics were not happy about the EU’s approach to the Euro crisis. Everyone wants to see Ireland treated well, and wishes our neighbours success in getting out of the economic difficulties which have been largely created by membership of the Euro, by the European Central Bank’s decision to [...]

                   Readers of this site will know that I have disagreed with the analysis and policy of the Bank of England ever since I set the blog  up. I have watched them lurch from too easy to too tight and then back to super easy.  Current policy was bound to produce high inflation by western [...]

                   As I arrived early  at work this morning the contractors were busy putting out sandbags and reorganising the crowd barriers around Parliament Square. They are expecting a fourth day of peaceful protest doubtless laced with extreme behaviour. Last week almost 3000 policemen and women had to be taken off normal duties to deal [...]

The following letter from Dr Roy Spendlove to Dame Lucy Doolittle has come into my hands: Dear Lucy,                  I have just got back from Cancun to find that various departments have answered questions on how many regulations they have passed in the last six months and how many have been repealed. This kind of information [...]

                 In what passes for debate on economic matters, you are expected to  favour the Irish loan, rescuing Irish banks, assuring Ireland’s trade and prosperity for the future and so looking after the UK’s interest in our nearest neighbour. If you refuse,   you are  said to be crassly in favour of letting Ireland “go [...]

As a campaigner  for deregulation I have continued to take an interest in what the government proposes. Chosen sensibly, getting rid of rules and regulations can give business an effective tax cut at no cost to Treasury. Even better, it can also result in savings for government itself. The Coalition government has not adopted my proposal [...]

          Yesterday’s democratic frenzy over how to pay for university places got plenty of air time. There has been precious little all week for the huge changes being contemplated in Brussels for banks, government bonds, state borrowing,levels of state spending and economic government.           The Economic and Financial Afairs Council which met on Tuesday had [...]

             This week has seen important changes of moods within and between the parties at Westminster. A Labour party asleep when it came to the job of opposition has woken up to campaign against the Cable plan for Higher Educaiton. It has united them for a few days and given them purpose, after weeks [...]