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The predictable rise and the unexpected fall of Liz Truss
I always thought Liz Truss would win the leadership election contest. Her stance that the economic establishment was letting us down, that we needed a new pro growth policy was both right and popular. We were living through an inflationary surge created by Bank and Treasury mistakes over interest rates...Read More »
Happy New Year
“Pour me another, lets toast the new year
Here’s to a better, put fizz in our cheer”
Tonight’s not for sorrows, nor mulling old wounds
Come banish our troubles, lets sing some new tunes
Caught in the present is...Read More »
Chinese visitors
The government was said to be against imposing any tests or controls on Chinese visitors planning to fly to the UK.
Yesterday evening a journalist released a story that the government is changing its mind and does think Chinese travellers should show a recent test result proving they did not have...Read More »
New Year message for 2023
2023 could promise much. It will be the year when inflation falls from the unacceptable peaks of 2022. It should be the year when we put lockdowns and special inconveniences from covid behind us. It should be a year when western resolve deters new aggressive actions by Russia, China, North...Read More »
Why doesn’t the UK car industry fight for its future?
The 40% collapse in UK new car demand was intense from 2016 whilst we stayed in the EU and grew worse with covid lockdowns. The UK car industry lobbied furiously for the UK to stay in the EU, claiming exit with tariff barriers would cut its output. The industry got...Read More »