We are becoming ungovernable. The slide to populism on both the left and the right has weakened the centre profoundly. I am not sure that FPTP can survive if this pattern persists. (View Post)

I am starting a jury trial in Aberdeen today. It will finish by Friday, only a single charge and 3 witnesses. It is undeniably the case that if we did not have the jury the trial could be completed i… (View Post)

You can have too much of a good thing. It made a lot of sense to lift the NMW rapidly when we were short of labour and trying to entice people back into the job market. Now, with unemployment rising,… (View Post)

Never underestimate the greed of the upper middle class, especially in Edinburgh! (View Post)

I preferred LBJ's comments about a speech on economics being like peeing down your leg. It may feel hot to you but it doesn't do much for anybody else. (View Post)