Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Turning the UK around

I said in my paper ‘Broken Britain’ of November 2024, that most things in the UK don’t work properly.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Civil servants and lawyers

The idea that civil servants and lawyers (particularly judges and legal advisors) wield disproportionate power is often voiced in debates about democratic accountability, the rule of law, and the ‘deep state.’

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

To be Cowperthwaitian again

The Food Foundations tells us, via email, that: "The introduction of mandatory reporting by all large food companies, including takeaway chains, on the healthiness of their food sales is a game changer. This

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Oxfam’s latest idea is wondrously idiotic

The charity called on the UK to work with other governments to oppose “extreme inequality”, with private wealth growing eight times faster than the net wealth of governments between 1995 and 2023.

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