Yesterday, I slept with Kenneth Clarke
There I was, tremulous fingers poised over the keyboard, ready to analyse the measures about to be announced, hints leaked for weeks to the press, grandiose titles still hanging in the air: “Britain...
View ArticleThe Great Bank Heist
A simple blog for you today. But an important one. The OBR forecast nobody wants you to see. Cameron, Clegg, Osborne and lackeys thereof, keep making the household debt analogy. What would you do if...
View ArticleTo Whom Do We Owe This Money, Exactly?
I have followed the political debate about the austerity programme of cuts relatively closely over the last few months. I have been witness to countless television and radio debates in which the...
View ArticleTHE ANSWER (To Whom Do We Owe This Money, Exactly?)
Children have a terrifically simple way of exploring the limits of adult knowledge. They do so by asking a question, then responding to each new piece of data with “but, why?”. The almost inevitable...
View ArticleWhile You Were Sleeping
Never let it be said that this is not a populist blog. After a brief spat with the BBC, I am deeply repentant. I know what the nation wants and I plan to give it to you. So, without further ado, let me...
View ArticleWhy Would The Government Want You to Panic?
This government continues to astound. Today, they have managed the impossible: to cause petrol shortages without any actual strike. The height of incompetence some might argue – with some confidence....
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