A classic Luddite argument, mixed with economically illiterate socialism. If the government really wants to help people keep working, it should keep them in jobs, by say reducing payroll taxes and ta… (View Post)

Oliver Cromwell was a disaster for the Republican movement in England. His military dictatorship was so unloved by the end that, after his death, it vanished virtually without a trace and Charles II … (View Post)

"By 45% to 35%, the British public think Clarkson would make a bad MP" As usual with Yougov these days, it's the wrong question. Clarkson doesn't need to be thought a good MP to win, he jus… (View Post)

Yes it reminds me of the Luddite movement in the early 19th century protesting against the mechanisation of weaving or farmers in the mid-19th century or the protests against closing coal mines in th… (View Post)

The problem with financial regulation pre-2007 wasn't that it was insufficient, it was that it was ineffectively applied. The mechanisms existed to control financial markets, but the ineffective regu… (View Post)