Greece heads for the exit
After the Greek referendum I wrote the “Apocolypse now” article that summarised the situation. Within days Alexis Tsipras of Syriza was back at the EU, presenting a deal even stricter than the […]
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Tax credits explained
The idea of tax credits is simple, they are just negative income tax, which gives tax that other people have paid to people who the government think need more money. […]
Why the Conservatives are best for the working man
Look at the graph above and it shows you how Labour’s Gordon Brown hammered the striving working man, the person grafting to provide for themselves and their family. Even when […]
Greece. Apocalypse now
So the Greeks have voted 61.3% “No”, 38.7% “Yes” in a referendum that has rejected the third Troika bail out of the Greek economy. Obviously these voters expect Angela Merkel […]
Labour leadership fun
The most important recent event in the contest is Liz Kendall borrowing the phrase “continuity Miliband” from this blog (here). I don’t mind because she is the only candidate who […]
The real problem in Syria
This week MPs were discussing Syria as if Islamic State were responsible for the Tunisia shootings. They weren’t. David Cameron is far more responsible for the Tunisia killings than IS […]
Britain’s foreign aid is utterly stupid
One of the most amazing successes of my lifetime has been the immense increase in wealth in the world. All generated by the wonder that is capitalism. And whilst the […]
Greece has an amazing opportunity
The people of Greece are fantastic. Amazing. Hard working and entrepenurial whilst still valuing the quality of life. Their business skills mean they own a big chunk of all the world’s […]
Greece. Predicted here
In terms of the overall EU economy Greece is very small beer indeed. This is why the Eurocrats were happy to keep throwing our money at the Greek lifestyle in […]
Cameron has a very bad day over Tunisia
It seems that we never learn, Cameron seems to be headed for exactly the same mistakes as Bush, Blair and himself. Firstly he says that the Tunisia killings are nothing […]
What is Government for?
Government is an integrated part of our lives, like cash money or the air that we breathe, so the vast majority of people don’t stop to think about what it […]
Neosocialism
When I was young you knew what socialism was. Men in cloth hats and strong regional accents ranting on TV about “the workers” and going on strike all the time. […]