Why does everyone want to make the country poorer?
We are richest when the things that we have, that exist, are held, used by, those who value them most - this extends to we are richest when things are employed in their highest value uses.
Watching the All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs)
Some APPGs are open to the criticism that they have effectively been captured by interest groups that do not necessarily reflect wider public opinion or public good.
Why try to align if we’re not going to align?
One of the assertions anbout trade that we’ve really never been able to get our heads around is this idea that in order to be able to trade then everyone must be following the same regulations
Removing risk removes judgement
Those in authority have tried to remove too much risk from people’s lives in the UK. Modern British society has become overly risk-averse, creating a safety culture where individuals are shielded from almost all potential harm.
Impartiality means no one is allowed to disagree
It’s a line in a sprawling document, but it reveals something far larger: a familiar tactic of the anti-abortion movement in which human rights are undermined through the language used to describe them.
Flytipping is caused by landfill tax
Fly-tippers have dumped a "grotesque" mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire.
The medical students are trying it on again
There is dispute over which measure of inflation should be used in the calculations, RPI or CPI, but either way the entire public sector has had its pay ruinously diminished since 2008.
Government gives poor value for money
There is a strong case for saying that the UK government delivers poor value for money.
If China’s state plan says loans will be made then loans will be made in China
The essential argument being made here is that everyone should pay high prices for everything so that I get the high priced goods that I want.
Phasing out HR Departments
Critics argue HR departments create unnecessary bureaucracy and slow down decision-making.
This is a grossly selfish argument for banning Shein, Temu etc
The essential argument being made here is that everyone should pay high prices for everything so that I get the high priced goods that I want.