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Northern power house does not mean more power in the North. It's not been a great week for the Northern Power House, has it? First fracking. Despite sitting on enough natural gas to fuel the kind of industrial revival seen in America, it is proving almost impossible to get the stuff out of the ground. Why? It's not the laws of physics that are different on this side of the Atlantic, but the laws of regulatory restraint. Then the rail upgrade between Leeds and Manchester got scrapped. Far from rebalancing...
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The media narrative has switched to Comrade Corbyn and Labour's leadership saga. The professional pundits are spending their summer trying to explain a phenomenon they failed to see coming. The idea of politics as an authentic, grass roots activity, guided by a coherent philosophy is something they find baffling. Meanwhile, here in Clacton last Friday evening over 110 local residents paid £10 a head to come to a fish and chip community supper. The event was so popular, we had a waiting list. Printed by D...
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If Greece can afford to reject more Europe, Britain cannot afford not to. This isn't how it was supposed to be. Decades of bungs from Brussels to the Greeks was supposed to create a grateful euro citizenry. For years, EU money was lavished on Athens. New roads and construction projects were built. Massive agricultural subsidies were paid out. At one time, almost a tenth of Greece GDP was accounted for by such EU generosity. Greece, to be sure, is in a mess first and foremost because successive Greek gove...
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http://www.talkcarswell.com/home/the-death-of-the-left/2855
The death of the Left? Labour faces wipe-out, according to Tony Blair. If the cyber comrades really do elect Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, warns the former Prime Minister, Labour will suffer catastrophic electoral wipe out. I reckon he's right. Craving something more authentic, and uninspired by the mediocrities standing for the leadership, the leftist tribe appear to be ganging up on line to elect Comrade Corbyn. Being on the left has always meant wanting to do things by top down design. Comrade Corbyn...
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http://www.talkcarswell.com/home/osborne-economics-means-16312-debt-for-1631-growth/2849
Osborne economics means £12 debt for £1 growth. Imagine if for every £12 you spent doing something you got only £1 back. If your aim was to make yourself richer, I hope you would soon have enough sense to stop doing it. Not so if you are the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The past eight years have seen, by definition if not by Treasury description, the biggest Keynesian stimulus in British history. How much growth extra output has all this fiscal stimulus generated? Pound;71 billion more. Got that? This we...
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Douglas is an optimist. He believes that the world is getting better and that we need change. Douglas favours free markets, small government and individual freedom. He would like to see far reaching political reform and has consistently advocated measures to make politicians more directly accountable to those they are supposed to represent. The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy. Outlined how this could be achieved. Douglas is keen on swimming, running and riding. He is an enthusiastic - if ...
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Greek poll won't change the laws of maths. Unless it is somehow able to change the laws of mathematics, the Greek referendum this weekend will not change the fundamentals. This weekend Greece is being asked to vote to approve or reject the creditors demands. Pro Brussels pundits are lining up to cheer on a "Yes" vote. Yes or No will not change the fundamentals. Greek governments have lived beyond the means of Greece taxpayers. They have done so for many years, and they were able to do so because Euro...
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http://www.talkcarswell.com/home/would-a-corbyn-manifesto-be-allowed-under-eu-law/2854
Would a Corbyn manifesto be allowed under EU law? What if Comrade Corbyn wins? Just imagine what might appear in the next Labour manifesto. A Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour party would promise to take over the energy industry. The trains, they tell us, would be run by the state. Oil and gas companies would face nationalisation, the banks (re) nationalisation. Those that rented houses, it has been suggested, would be given a legal right to buy their homes. At least the EU would save us from socialism. Far from ...
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It's bad news, isn't it? Greece is poised on the verge of economic ruin. Half a million desperate migrants are likely to have crossed the Mediterranean this summer. A quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria. These things are all truly awful. Yet when you consider the overall state of human kind, many things have actually got better. I recently discovered Human Progress. An amazing new website that uses lots of facts and figures to show how much better things are today. Back to all posts.
