A survey of over 2000 family doctors working in England has indicated a sharp fall in working hours post-pandemic, with … Continue reading “Can’t get a GP appointment? Blame medical socialism”

Earlier this week, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, fronted the final report of the IPPR’s Commission on Economic Justice. … Continue reading “Archbishop Welby and the hubris of central planning”

Given Progressives’ oft-stated love of humankind, you’d think they would avoid hankering for the good old days of WWII, when … Continue reading “Adventures in Guardianland, Part 1: How British central planning defeated the Nazis’ free-market war machine”

Hayek famously wrote that he was not a conservative. But, 25 years after his death, that does not mean he … Continue reading “Hayek was not a conservative. But conservatives should be Hayekians”

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, think tanks such as the IEA had a difficult time. We were told … Continue reading “The proto-Corbyn years of the 1970s were awful”

Andrew Lansley’s Health and Social Care Bill promises the biggest top down reorganisation of the NHS since its inception. This … Continue reading “NHS reforms will not solve the fundamental problems of state-run healthcare”

When Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced last week that the government would procede with three big rail projects – High … Continue reading “Hammond’s Soviet-style rail policies”

In the UK, further education is a bastion of Soviet central planning that has wholly avoided the market-based reforms that … Continue reading “Alison Wolf – An Adult Approach to Further Education”

This little gem recently came to my attention: