Fresh hope for a referendum on Lisbon
byMatthew Elliott has highlighted a post by his TaxPayers’ Alliance colleague Lee Rotherham, who reports that After weeks of wrangling, it now transpires that…
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Sound familiar? A Challenge to Tribal Politics
byPeter Joyce and Geoffrey Sell describe an Eton and Oxford educated Party Leader thus: A long-term opponent of statism, the view that social advance…
The Bank for International Settlements on SWINE countries & not the PIIGS
byThis has been sent to us by Sean Corrigan. I need write nothing, sometimes pictures speak louder than words. These are from no less…
‘Heroes’ helped to help themselves!
byI have just listened to the Budget Debate and quite frankly am growing more and more tired of the political point scoring arena that…
Arden Partners: Much ado about nothing
byEwen Stewart of Arden Partners has kindly supplied his note The Budget – Much ado about nothing for publication. The backdrop to this budget…
Cobden on Free Trade and its Relevance Today
byFood is on the whole cheap to us as an advanced or even a post industrial nation. Richard Cobden, with a small group of…
Sound bedfellows who need to walk the walk
byMuch to the annoyance of more tribal associates, I have long argued that there are natural friends of liberty to be found amongst elements…
Dinner with the former Prime Minister of Georgia
byLast week, Jamie Whyte, James Tyler, Tom Clougherty and I attended a dinner with numerous others at which the former Prime Minister of Georgia,…
The Fastest Growing Export of the Western Banking Industry is Fraud | zero hedge
byVia James Tyler and zero hedge, The Fastest Growing Export of the Western Banking Industry is Fraud: Politicians and bankers would do well to head…
Steve Baker speaks at the IEA on fiscal policy
byOn Tuesday, I spoke at the IEA’s The State of the Economy conference, participating in a panel discussion on Fiscal Policy and Government Expenditure…