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The IMF were wrong. It’s wasteful spending that needs to go
The IMF like the left wing parties says there must be no unfunded tax cuts. Like them it does not complain about unaffordable wasteful spending. Indeed it argues spending needs to go up. Why?
There is so much to be done by getting a proper grip on spending. There is no...Read More »
A football regulator?
It is fashionable amongst the political parties and some football fans to demand a Statutory “independent” football regulator. Some fans support such a change as they are critical of some club owners or managements and think a Regulator might be able to sort things out for them .
I fear...Read More »
My Interview with GB News on the Bank of England
Please find below my interview with GB News on the Bank of England’s losses:
...Read More »The gradual introduction of a ban on buying tobacco products
The results of my consultation showed little interest in the topic, with just 12 against and 6 in favour. It has not been a subject coming up in doorstep conversations when I have been out and about in recent weeks, nor has it figured much in the email box.
Tonight we...Read More »
Too much money – inflation Too little- recession
Yesterday I criticised 3 big boom/ bust cycles that came from Bank action and establishment thinking. In each case they ignored money and credit.
The 1975 inflation high peak followed a doubling of broad money 1970-4 as a result of a badly supervised switch to competition and credit control policy by...Read More »