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What’s the point of arguing if we can’t even count?

Immigration, GDP, emissions and housing figures were all wrong How can you debate if you can’t count? Stick to Megan Markle Political and social debate…

Cowperthwaite’s revenge on the Office for National Statistics

How did Hong Kong get so rich? Is the mortgage market crashing? Will the Bank of England go too far… again? Don’t let other people’s…

How net zero was snuck in behind your back

Politicians had to be “systematically dishonest” to pass net zero A small group of activists staged a coup in 2019 The more impossible net zero…

Why the public has turned on net zero

We got a taste of net zero… and spat it out Energy defines your standard of living and net zero constrains both Could an honest…

The Energy Transition Delusion, with Mark Mills

The world is not transitioning away from fossil fuels Trillions spent on green energy won’t save us from carbon What we have learned from the…

Back to school (and deeper into debt)

UK university fees and financing costs are the highest on record Recent reports show many non-degree professions pay better than most university courses Young people…

The net zero empire has no clothes

The fairy-tale truth about net zero Only the stupid question renewable energy We’ve got nothing on! Whether it’s GDP, Brexit, immigration, Covid or any number…

What sort of politician can we afford at 5.25% interest?

What sort of politician gets elected when deficits cost money? Interest rates are too high for political promises UK politics is about to change, radically…

What is the price of renewable energy?

Renewable energy’s expensive externalities It’s not the costs that count – it’s who counts the costs We can’t afford renewable energy No doubt you’ve heard…

Britain’s “wayward generation”?

The economic outlook for young working Britons is not good Some other countries offer lower taxes and other advantages Unless things change, many young Britons…

Climate change is just an excuse for them to…

Cash is the lynchpin in CBDC’s horror house of cards Why the establishment want to control you Why inflation is about to make a comeback…

The UK’s “lost generation”

UK per-capita real income growth has been stagnating for years The UK has slipped down the global prosperity rankings These worrying trends are becoming generational…

What happens to politics when the debt finally matters?

Interest on government debt is set to have a political impact How will politicians cope with constraints on their spending? Let me know your thoughts…

The great inflation robbery — whodunnit?

Following the clues to discover who stole your money Why is tax revenue booming while real wages plunge? Inflation is the murder weapon Whether it’s…

Counterpoint: let the drilling resume

PM Sunak’s decision to re-open the North Sea is controversial Some claim this will not improve the UK’s energy “trilemma” I believe it is a…

Farewell net zero, we hardly knew you…?

Is net zero over before it really began? Can the housing market hold up? The eurozone is experiencing a truly bizarre situation Perhaps most dramatic…

How do I tax thee? Let me count the ways

We are taxed in a great many ways Some of these overlap into de-facto double taxation Inheritance tax is arguably a form of triple taxation…

The mighty cost of inflation-linked “guilts”

HM Treasury punted on inflation… and lost your money The bond market that defeated the French is sinking the UK The German word for “debt”…

The vengeance of the bond vigilantes’ vendetta

The same bond yields got Truss sacked, but not Sunak What is a bond vigilante? Interest expense has become politically expensive Whether it’s GDP, Brexit,…

D-Day for de-dollarisation?

Speculation is rife that the BRICS will soon introduce a gold-backed currency for trade settlement I’ve been writing on this topic for nearly two decades…