And the Sayle comment is just a different kind of populism. The reality was something closer to "It turns out that the libraries in Wolverhampton were being paid for by the taxes on bankers doin… (View Post)

Yet it is part of policy. The Optimates of our political class tend to ideas such as "If a small business goes under because of increased taxes or regulation, it was a zombie business". And… (View Post)

One of the medium sized charities told the government that this is “rationalisation” of the charity sector. Same charity is about to be done for grotesque violations of just about all the rules. (View Post)

The really worrying bit is when you talk to many such politicians. They aren’t just playing economic illiteracy to get votes. They really believe that stuff like the above works. (View Post)

Taxing your way out of a recession isn’t a novel idea, either. It doesn’t work. (View Post)