Rulers for life, also known as lifelong or indefinite rulers, are usually worse than fixed-term rulers for reasons rooted in political theory, history, and human behavior.

The Government has cut funding for nursing courses in a move that risks undermining its pledge to end the NHS’s reliance on foreign workers.

A lawyer called Stephen Kinsella (and not the economist of the same name) takes to the pages of the Independent to demand he be charged higher taxes.

Well, yes, but it’s worth really learning our history so that we can, in fact, repeat it. The incoming Tory Party then came off the gold standard and thus the pound devalued.

To describe Richard Murphy as a tax expert is a category error. But beyond mere jeering it’s necessary to grasp his misunderstanding of pensions.

The Laffer Curve is a concept in economics that illustrates a theoretical relationship between tax rates and tax revenue.

Rachel Reeves is set to announce £15.6 billion for transport projects outside London in an attempt to tackle a surge in support for Reform UK.

There is a strong case for suggesting that we should be more concerned about real poverty than about inequality.

So, what are we going to do about the state eating everything?

Given renewed interest in the idea from across the water, it could be time to revisit this and see if a modern version might have traction.

It’s not true that all and everything done by past governments is or has been wrong. Sadly, government can’t even gain a perfect record in that, being wholly and totally wrong always.

It’s Morton’s fork for poor old Blighty.