Gibbon's Law: the definition of "basic needs" expands to maintain a fixed level of commie-posting

As ever the British left isn’t understanding what’s put in front of them in plain language. The message from Klein and Thompson is that there’s a reason the US is not as rich as it could be.

Today sees tuition fees rise to £9,535, up by a lowly £285 since 2017. This is a state-sponsored steal from universities. Since tuition fees were introduced and frozen in 1997, following the Dearing Report’s conclusion, they were capped at £1,000 (£1,975 in real terms). This rose over the years to their stand-still in 2017 at £9,250.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking for an economic advisor, as Alan Walters was to Margaret Thatcher. Madsen Pirie would be a good choice.

Well, this is bad:

A Delta Airlines employee is accused of using a child’s iPad to record pornographic images of himself that were uploaded to the cloud.

There is a strong case to be made that, in certain cultural and institutional domains, UK left-wingers display increasingly authoritarian and conformist tendencies.

Rich people are leaving the UK, mostly because of punitive taxes, but also because the country is breaking down and the quality of life is lower than they would like.

If the exodus continues, the country could face a number of significant economic, fiscal, and social consequences.

Rich people are leaving the UK, mostly because of punitive taxes, but also because the country is breaking down and the quality of life is lower than they would like.

A claim here about changes to disability benefits:

Although all existing universal credit claimants and new claimants with severe or terminal conditions will now be protected, from next year other claimants with limited health capacity for work will see monthly awards cut from £423.27 to £217.26.

A populist manifesto in the UK would likely tap into widespread public disillusionment with the political establishment, economic hardship, and cultural grievances.

Taxpayers would save up to £5bn next year if Andrew Bailey overhauls the Bank of England’s controversial programme of bond sales, analysts have calculated.