The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, is currently on an official visit to China. In today’s (21 September) Financial … Continue reading “High-level fantasy”

Yesterday, in support of renationalising the operation of trains, Hilary Benn argued that the East Coast mainline was run perfectly … Continue reading “Why railway renationalisation must be sent to the sidings”

“Nobody advocates socialism anymore. It is now all just about reforming capitalism.” I must have heard this lazy cliché in … Continue reading “Attacks on Corbyn are a distraction – it is Corbynomics that needs tackling”

During a tour to Paris, Bruce Springsteen explained that his dream was for the US to adapt a Swedish style … Continue reading “Bruce Springsteen and Paul Krugman are wrong about the Nordic welfare state”

“New Labour officially dead and buried”, tweeted Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil as the Labour leadership election results came in. … Continue reading “Labour has rejected its own legacy of NHS reform – with sad implications for patients”

Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, employment relations in the UK were completely overhauled. A series of legislative acts narrowed the … Continue reading “The Trade Union Bill is mostly pointless politicking”

Do free markets help or oppress the poor? What, if anything, have free markets done for the poor worldwide? In … Continue reading “Helping the Poor”

Economic Freedom of the World The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the … Continue reading “Economic Freedom of the World 2015 Annual Report”

The United Kingdom ranks 10th out of 157 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2015 … Continue reading “UK ranks 10th among 157 jurisdictions on economic freedom”