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GDP Tells Us Little about the Health of an Economy

28th July 2021 Patrick Barron 0

The government’s and the mainstream media’s favorite economic statistic is Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If GDP goes up, then the economy is doing well. If GDP shrinks, then the economy is doing poorly, or so [more…]

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Euro 2020 Penalty Shoot Out Bloodbath

26th July 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

GP’s Bloodbath investigative team, having returned from a bad-tempered Batley and Spen by-election battleground ballot box bust-up, thought they could take a relaxing break in front of the England v Italy Euro 2020 final. How [more…]

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This could work America!

10th July 2021 Fred Brownbill 0

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Michael Jordan. Can you imagine your boss saying to you that instead of a five day workweek you could work a four day [more…]

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How My Grandchildren Learned to Love Commerce

6th July 2021 Patrick Barron 0

My three grandchildren’s other set of grandparents live just off the seventeenth green of a golf course in California. This set of grandparents hosted a multi-generation family vacation at their home this summer. The California [more…]

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Plain Truths Need Repetition

5th July 2021 Emile Woolf 0

“The Government has a duty to the next generation to build more homes” – reads a recent headline, quoting the Housing Minister, whose choice of words masks his preferred role, which is to get out [more…]

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The Confession of Saint Gareth of Southgate

10th June 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

In a difficult week that included the England team being booed for taking the knee, Tuesday the 8th of June saw England manager Gareth Southgate’s Letter to England published on The Players’ Tribune website. Players’ [more…]

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So……….. Why do our Political & Corporatist Classes love Chyyyyna?

8th June 2021 Going Postal 0

In a recent Spectator article, Niall Ferguson worried about the infatuation that the ruling class of the West have for the Chinese system of governance & their clear desire to imitate it. Unfortunately, he fails [more…]

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Government as the Ultimate Cause of the Tragedy of the Commons

2nd June 2021 Patrick Barron 0

A good definition of the Tragedy of the Commons is that “Resources that are un-owned and/or un-ownable will be plundered to extinction”. Consider the fishes of the seas, especially those that migrate such as whales [more…]

America

A salute to small business owners!

22nd May 2021 Fred Brownbill 0

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. George Carlin! The above has nothing to do with this blog!! [more…]

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