Economic growth and the Nimby tendency
There is something of the Nimby in all of us. As an MP I am very conscious that in many cases I am expected to be chief Nimby, to come to the aid of those...
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Jobs, moods and rules
Both the USA and the EU need to create more private sector jobs. In both the American and European continents unemployment is too high....
Read this entry »The judgement of Mr Hague
It’s not a topic I wanted to write about. I have studiously ignored the rumours and stories circulating on other websites and at...
Read this entry »The Labour leadership X factor
I have refrained from commenting much on the Labour leadership. I have always thought it a two person race between the brothers. David...
Read this entry »Stephen Hawking, God and the universe
Let us suppose Mr Hawking does now have a full explanation from the laws of physics of how the Big Bang created the planets and stars...
Read this entry »BBC bias
A former Director General has stated that the BBC did have a “massive bias to the left”, He admits that many BBC journalists...
Read this entry »Tony Blair, Iraq and Iran
Tony Blair was right about Gordon Brown. Today we have confirmation of the bitterness and disagreements at the top of the Blair government....
Read this entry »Healthy reforms?
One of the surprises of recent months has been the emergence of proposals for substantial change in the way the NHS is managed. They...
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Bank holiday moderation
There may be delays in moderation over the bank holiday owing to my schedule. Worry not – things will appear shortly afterwards. ...
Read this entry »Localism and MPs
More than half the issues which constituents bring to me are matters decided by the local Council, not by Parliament. In recent years there has been an escalation...
Read this entry »Big and little schools
The UK in the era of comprehensive state education has had very different views on school size depending on the age of children. A typical local authority...
Read this entry »Helicopter Ben and Hurricane Ed have some explaining to do
According to punk Keynsians a large public deficit stimulates an economy, whilst public spending restraint or cuts pushes it back into recession. ...
Read this entry »Clear the clutter?
The good announcements just keep pouring out from Eric Pickles and the local government department. Yesterday he said Councils should look again at the...
Read this entry »The IFS and fairness
The IFS have re entered the political row over the impact of the budget. This intervention will be seen as helpful to attempts to destabilise Lib Dems...
Read this entry »Your personal public spending
Numerous bloggers have taken up the challenge to answer my question, do you value the £10,000 of public spending which is your average share of the total?...
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