Borrowing can make us all poorer
The nub of the political argument today is over borrowing. The government claims that state borrowing huge amounts now helps recovery, keeps the economy...
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The Conservative message
Yesterday the Conservative message for the next couple of months was unveiled to some of us. It is: “We can’t go on like this. Vote...
Read this entry »No balance in the payments
This week’s poor balance of payments figures for last month revealed two worrying facts. Despite the sharp falls in the pound, there...
Read this entry »Have the Conservatives changed enough?
One of the triumphs of Labour spin over the last twenty years has been to caricature Thatcherism. Because they so feared its success,...
Read this entry »Reassert Parliamentary sovereignty
Recently I was keen and happy to support Bill Cash’s proposed legislation to “reassert UK Parliamentary sovereignty.” ...
Read this entry »The business lobbies want lower taxes
I do not always agree with business lobbies, who often argue the case for larger and well established businesses at the expense of innovation...
Read this entry »Public sector strikes are very old politics
Today there will be a strike of some public sector workers over cuts in redundancy payments. I don’t expect the government to suddenly...
Read this entry »What do the Conservatives stand for?
On the doorsteps, and sometimes on this site, I get asked what would the Conservatives do about the economic problems? David Cameron...
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Stop press – Conservatives confirm intention to abolish English Regional development Agencies
Good news – Conseravtives still want to abolish RDAs. RDAs have failed to narrow the gap between richer and poorer regions, have often got in the way of private...
Read this entry »Time to ask about wars
Today the Prime Minister should be asked two sets of questions about Iraq. Why did he cut or limit tightly the defence budget, uniquely amongst all the budgets...
Read this entry »Labour’s tolerance does not extend to the rich
New Labour was keen to preach toleration for various minority groups, but their friendly theory never did extend to Tories or the rich. Their recent witch...
Read this entry »Time for a reality check from the MPC?
Most commentators expect the Bank’s Monetary Committee to admire their handiwork and recommend more of the same. They are likely to blunder on with...
Read this entry »Will Parliament wake up?
Yesterday saw the return of the government’s Constitutional Reform Bill. The government could not resist two more studied insults to the Parliament...
Read this entry »An important communication from the CEO of UK PLC
Dear Shareholder, I told you so. I always knew the Conco offer to cut the deficit and stop borrowing and printing so much would not take off. The...
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