Dr. Eamonn Butler Dr. Eamonn Butler

A Norwegian lesson for Scotland’s ferries

The chronic unreliability of the Clyde and Hebridean ferries, a monopoly owned and operated by Scottish government agencies, has caused serious economic decline within island communities.

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Immigration isn’t, in fact, necessary

Now we are in favour of the free movement of people. We’re also aware of Milton’s point that free movement and also a welfare state that incomers gain access to doesn’t really work. Only ever trade offs and all that.

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Privatise the NHS!

The Guardian tells us that: Women in Britain are paying up to £11,154 for a hysterectomy in a private hospital, amid huge delays for NHS gynaecological care, research reveals.

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Sebastian Charleton Sebastian Charleton

Innovation not Prohibition

Thanks to a healthy combination of private sector innovation and pragmatic public health policy, the UK had, for a long time, led the way in reducing smoking rates. Over the past decade, they have plummeted from 20% in 2012 to just 14.7% in 2021. 

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Only Nixon can go to China

Nixon to China is not an iron rule it’s just an observation about politics. It’s those who have their rightward flank protected who can make a move towards communists. Equally, it’s only those who have their leftward - or planning - flank protected who can do this:

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Cameron da Silva Clamp Cameron da Silva Clamp

We Can’t Just Print More Money

Some truth-telling from the Member for Great Yarmouth: ‘By a continuous process of inflation… governments can confiscate secretly and unobserved an important part of the wealth of their citizens.’

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