Reality Check, The Spectator’s new data-driven show hosted by economics editor Michael Simmons, kicks off with a big name: Arthur Laffer. The man who taught Reagan to cut taxes tells Michael why Brit… (View Post)

What a day. Banned. Unbanned. Just waiting for my free holiday. (View Post)

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions https://www.t… (View Post)

Look at pb last week. Society points fingers at us oldies and fatties but it is the keen, super-fit, outdoorsy @BlancheLivermore and @JosiasJessop in the tender care of Foxy's mates at the local infi… (View Post)

It is also counter-productive in another way, because the system encourages new villains to try their luck at small-scale fare dodging or shoplifting, then lets scrotes to climb the greasy pole of cr… (View Post)