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Looking Back at the SAPs Processes of the Early 1990s

7th February 2024 Going Postal 0

The Structural Adjustment Programmes of the early 1990s left ordinary Kenyans reeling under extreme economic hardship. Three decades later, SAPs are back, the Bretton Woods methods of inflicting economic pain on Kenyans unchanged. 18 January, [more…]

Capitalism

Sugar subsector reforms a Herculean task for Ruto

31st January 2024 Going Postal 0

It is commendable that the Ruto regime is taking steps to revive the sugar sector but President Ruto will require strong goodwill to succeed where his predecessors have failed. January 11, 2024 In recent years, [more…]

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Testing the Socialist hypothesis

14th August 2023 Emile Woolf 0

Kristian Niemitz, Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, wrote a book last year that explores the reasons why the idea of socialism persists as a viable economic system. In “Socialism: the Failed [more…]

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South American Journey, Part One

28th July 2023 Going Postal 0

More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F I am writing this at a window seven floors up above [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; A War To End All Wars?

18th July 2023 Colin Cross 0

The summer, what little we’ve seen of it since the heady days of the June “heatwave”, moves along bringing with it dire warnings of the upcoming conflagration about to be unleashed on us all, not [more…]

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Authoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Economic Progress: Freedom Is Indivisible

22nd December 2022 Patrick Barron 0

Is it possible, or perhaps even desirable, for economic freedom and progress to be compatible with authoritarian government? Let’s cut right to the chase. Although some may believe so, this is a fallacy. Freedom is [more…]

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An Opportunity for Real Change in Britain

8th August 2022 Patrick Barron 0

In a few days the British Conservative Party will select a new prime minister from within its ranks. The new PM will have a short-lived opportunity to select new ministers. But more importantly, due to [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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The Rebel Alliance

27th June 2021 Swiss Bob 0

Not a Star Wars fan but this morning while thinking about the protest it did strike me that the people marching were a good representation of society. The left, the right, people with no real [more…]

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