Polly Toynbee's half a good idea
We're not generally known for praising Polly Toynbee around here but when she gets something right it's worth mentioning it. Actually, it's especially worth mentioning when Polly gets something right given its rarity. So, we agree, this is half a good idea:
It's necessary to understand the details when discussing the steel industry
Of course, it's necessary to understand the details when discussing anything at all as well. Which is precisely what Gareth Stace does not do here. Stace being the head of UK Steel, the industry association.
People are losing their minds over Mossack Fonseca
Or perhaps we can take this as evidence that The Guardian lost its collectively long ago:
The question is not how to save Port Talbot but whether to
There's an excessive amount of thrashing around being done over the question of Port Talbot and the Tata steelworks there. And there's very few managing to ask the right starting question. Which is not "How will we save Port Talbot" but rather "Should we save Port Talbot?"
We'll chalk this up as a victory for free markets, capitalism and globalisation then
The Lancet tells us, in shocked and disapproving tones, that there are now more fatty lardbuckets on the planet than there are undernourished people. We simply cannot bring ourselves to think of this as being a bad thing. Rather, we consider it to be a massive victory for the economic policies of the last few decades. A victory for capitalism, free markets and globalisation.