Writing an article on the fate of the eurozone in recent times has been something of a fool’s errand. No … Continue reading “Time to break up the eurozone?”

The recent – apparently highly-acclaimed – ICB report smacks of an elegantly worked-out solution to problems that other bodies are addressing … Continue reading “Ring-fencing and the ICB – elegant, simple, but wrong”

How on earth, most people wish to know, did we get to the precipice of full scale economic collapse in … Continue reading “Don’t make banks safe, just make it safe for them to fail”

Once again we are having an acrimonious debate about land-use planning and development. Our planning system is designed, of course, … Continue reading “Planning by agreement”

The Daycare Trust and Save the Children have published the results of a survey suggesting that almost a quarter of … Continue reading “Childcare conundrums”

When the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian sound almost exactly alike on an issue, something is fishy. And when dozens … Continue reading “Land use planning: the Corn Laws of our times”

Yesterday, dealing a blow to the progress of the coalition’s free school programme, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg pledged that … Continue reading “You say you want a revolution?”

One of the arguments used by the pro-AV campaign in the early spring was that a positive vote to change … Continue reading “What happened to progress?”

Over the past decade vast sums have been spent on public transport despite the fact that nearly 90% of passenger … Continue reading “Traffic management – a disastrous policy?”