What economics book is it in that the state not helping itself to a massive chunk of someone's assets is 'protecting producer interests'? That should be the status quo, not some sort o… (View Post)

I feel quite sorry for the PB lefties these days. Being PB's sole Truss fan (honorary mention to Mortimer for popping in and having my back on occasion), I do feel your pain. Of course I had the… (View Post)

.. I love Cicero as one of PB's rich tapestry of eccentrics, but I must confess when I begin one of his lugubrious broadcasts from the frontline (of Estonia), I get the overpowering urge to scro… (View Post)

It was never as cheap as ours. Farms, combined with the highly competitive food retail sector have given us the best food for the money in the developed world - second to France I'd say, but nob… (View Post)

He didn't scrap a mine, he refused permission for a new one that clearly would have been profitable (otherwise someone wouldn't have been desperate to build it) and met all the current boll… (View Post)