Dear John, Competition policy currently has an undue emphasis on private business and impediments to competition arising from the activities … Continue reading “An open letter to John Penrose MP on the Competition and Markets Authority”

James Dyson’s decision to relocate the headquarters of his company to Singapore has sparked a hyperbolic and predictable outcry. Dyson, … Continue reading “The Dyson outrage is a load of hot air”

My biggest beef with the European Union has always been the way it stifles consumer-friendly innovation in the interests of … Continue reading “Yesterday’s Dyson ruling – a rare victory against the EU’s crony capitalist regulatory agenda”

On Tuesday of last week, the European Union and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Following over four years … Continue reading “What can we learn from the EU/Japan Free Trade Agreement?”

This wasn’t a lazy half-hearted reshuffle, Theresa May was imposing her own stamp on government. Rather than going for continuity, … Continue reading “Beware May’s “industrial strategy”: Brexit Britain must be market-orientated”

Predictably, those who demand more government spending both when the economy is doing well and badly are calling for increases … Continue reading “Six policies Prime Minister May should embrace to revitalise growth”

Last week’s decision by the House of Commons Education Committee not to endorse the appointment of Amanda Spielman as Ofsted … Continue reading “Ofsted: too big to not fail”

Rent controls are a bit like communism, in the sense that they can never ‘fail’, in the eyes of their … Continue reading “#QTWTAIN: “But haven’t rent controls worked in Germany?””

A BBC investigation shows that the number of public toilets has continued to fall, with nearly 1,800 closing nationwide in … Continue reading “Let’s privatise the loos. Yes, seriously.”