Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Four
This section is where I feel all parties fail abysmally. And I see no reason to believe Reform etc would be any different. It is also my only gripe with (far better) writers on GP, [more…]
Economics
Economics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goals Are Illogical and Harmful
Does society really need and can it benefit from goals designed to achieve statistical “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” metrics? The answer, of course, is “no” on both counts; i.e., society neither needs these goals and [more…]
Economics
“Whatever it takes”, Part Two
The Fascist Boogeyman awakes again The threat of a far-right takeover has been around for at least three decades in Europe and Italy has been one of the best “candidates” for the “beginning of the [more…]
Conservatives
“When the tide goes out you can see who has been bathing naked!”
Warren buffet famously quipped: “When the tide goes out you can see who has been bathing naked!” Now we know! Both candidates for the premiership are senior Conservative Cabinet members and Ministerial office-holders, and naturally [more…]
Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Three
An argument for the structure and role A brief look at what I believe governments should do at what level. I have only gone into a little detail at the national level and left the [more…]
20th Century
Sound Money Can Prevent What Representative Democracy Does Not
One of the arrogances of “Western” nations is that our way of life and our liberties are protected by periodic elections as required by constitutions, written (America) or not (Great Britain), containing bills of rights, [more…]
Arts
The Insanity of Goodwill
The definition of insanity attributed to Albert Einstein is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Lets apply that definition to the current economic and political climate. The current price rises [more…]
Democracy
OFT (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Two
Intro If we want to be free to live our lives mostly as we see fit then government needs to be curtailed to a rump of operations, which I tackle in the next article. In [more…]
Economics
“Whatever it takes”, Part One
When the collapse of the Italian government was officially announced, on July 21, many political observers both in Europe and across the rest of the West, were aghast. If Mario Draghi, the central banking messiah [more…]