20th Century

The Socialist Ratchet

Following Labour’s landslide victory in 1945, the government set about nationalising industry with all the fervour of true believers in the socialist cause.  Coal, railways and road transport, steel, healthcare and energy utilities were all [more…]

Communism

Net Migration

One of the migration statistics that really annoys me is net migration. This is obviously immigration minus emigration. It is a basically pointless measurement aimed mostly at avoiding the charge of racism. Guilty as charged [more…]