As ever with people who write about economics without studying it, completely wrong-headed. If you subsidise a sector through cheap finance, you'll simply get capital that's inefficiently used, and a… (View Post)

There's nothing wrong with the principle. It's just being implemented selectively. If electricity should be priced regionally, how about adjusting public sector wages to reflect different costs of li… (View Post)

Miliband poised to charge homes in MAINLY CONSERVATIVE AND LIB-DEM SUPPORTING AREAS more for electricity. FTFU. (View Post)

"The Supreme Court has done its job. It has stated what the law is." Anyone can see what the law IS. They can just read it. the Supreme Court has given its opinion on what the law MEANS. No… (View Post)

I'm sure we CAN. But one thing we should have learned over the last century, and I saw during several years negotiating with them and others in the EU, is that, while our Foreign Office prioritises &… (View Post)