I have been musing on productivity over the weekend. The conclusions are at least fivefold. First, productivity measures are totally distorted. Those in manufacturing assume
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Do we trash the planet or have things we value, like the NHS? That is the question.
I mentioned yesterday that I was going to a model railway show. I duly did so, and greatly enjoyed myself. A thought, inevitably, occurred to
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The Cure
I have, as far as I know, never met Dr Dan Goyal. We have, however got to know each other through Twitter, where we seem
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Waiting for inspiration
I am going to a model railway show today. It’s a niche interest. I’ve had it since I was a teenager. Few think it cool,
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Can public sector pay rises cause inflation?
Inflation is the consequence of rising real prices of good and services relative to the value of the goods and services provided. In other words,
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Truss is wrong on everything
I debated with Asa Bennett of the Daily Telegraph, who was Liz Truss’s speechwriter for a number of years and who might be considered the
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Is Suella Braverman a lone racist or are the Tories becoming institutionally racist?
Tory peer Baroness Warsi could not be clearer about her opinion of Suella Barverman. She has said that Braverman uses racist rhetoric. She thinks it
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Will the nurses reject the government’s offer?
The biggest political question of the day is whether the nurses will, as a result of their union ballots, reject the government’s pay offer today
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Just in case you thought you were odd for not being interested in the coronation
This data came out from YouGov this afternoon: The overall ratios are fascinating. Only a third of the population are really interested in the royal
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