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“I wouldn’t start from here, if I were you”

29th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Introduction In this third and final essay, I analyse the Britain’s current economic position and then explore the case for a limited, nation-centric government that will be better equipped to deliver prosperity and growth. I [more…]

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Great Expectations (of Free Money)

12th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’ So begins Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities with a line that might apply as much to the modern-day state of British welfare [more…]

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Thinking Properly About Public Welfare

18th April 2024 Patrick Barron 0

The debate over publicly funded welfare can be solved very quickly. There is constant demand for more welfare: more money for longer periods of time for those out of work, more money for the handicapped [more…]

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Labour’s greatest achievement

11th October 2022 well_chuffed 0

These days Labour claims the minimum wage as its greatest achievement. Prior to this they claimed starting the NHS was up there at the pinnacle and some still do. The minimum wage is the reason [more…]

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