England's flag is that of a Turkish saint who said he slew a monster that never existed. So we can't exactly throw stones. (View Post)

I suppose you mean medical consultants. If you mean management "experts" otoh, getting rid of McKinsey's and similar incompetent parasites is one of the few things that could tempt me … (View Post)

As always, I like the way you think. And John Cowperthwaite is, with Nigel Lawson, maybe the best economic policy-maker we've ever produced. Though I'm afraid we sold the pass on "prob… (View Post)

Monthly and even quarterly GDP statistics are worth precisely nothing, and it is stupid to make decisions on that basis. For one thing, they are routinely revised by large amounts. For another, facto… (View Post)

I don't agree. I worked in Whitehall in the dying days of the Brown government, and the stench of death then was remarkably similar to now. It took months to get the simplest decisions, nobody w… (View Post)