Should Covid booster jabs be rolled out to the over-40s?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended that Covid booster jabs be offered to people in their forties,…
Why the UK can’t rely on renewables...yet
The flaw in renewable energy
Does Joe Biden understand inflation?
I have a horrible feeling that the Biden presidency may come to be defined by a single quote which will…
The trouble with Austria's vaccine passport plan
Are vaccine passports being used in other countries in an attempt to cut Covid infections – or to try and…
'Climategate' still matters – but not how the BBC thinks it does
It is 12 years now since a tranche of emails were scraped from the server of the University of East…
Did Covid first emerge at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?
The net around the Wuhan Institute of Virology continues to tighten. A letter from Lawrence Tabak, principal deputy director of the…
The wishful thinking of COP26
History records that George II was the last British king to lead his troops on the battlefield, at the Battle…
What’s really behind the net-zero zealotry of big businesses?
What’s really behind the net-zero zealotry of big businesses?
Who should pay for nuclear?
How much longer is the government going to suppress the cost to households of achieving net zero carbon emissions, or try…
How concerning is the new Covid variant?
Should we worry about AY.4.2, the new Covid variant that has been in the news this week? The descendent of…
Is inflation slowing?
Whatever happened to the inflation surge? Last month, when the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) surged to 3.2 per cent, the…
It's no wonder young people have 'eco-anxiety'
Is it any wonder that children and young adults are going down with ‘eco-anxiety’ , as claimed in an opinion…
Levelling up is Johnsonian cakeism
Until this morning, few people in Britain will have heard of the works of Wilfredo Pareto (1848-1923). Now, thanks to…
The Facebook empire is beginning to crumble
When empires crumble they slide slowly at first, then the temple walls come crashing down. Facebook is not quite at…
Harry and Meghan are wrong about Covid vaccine patents
Pharmaceutical companies might think it a bit rich being asked to waive the patents on their Covid vaccines by Harry…
Has the Bank of England given up on its duty on inflation?
Has the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee quietly excused itself from its duty of keeping inflation down: namely, keeping the…
Is the inflation panic over? Probably not
So, is the post-Covid inflation panic over? That is how it looked last month, when the government’s preferred inflation index,…
Do vaccines pose a risk to young boys?
Should we be vaccinating children against Covid-19? While some countries have been enthusiastically administering vaccines to under-18s — greatly contributing…
Is the UK trapped in an inflationary spiral?
Are we heading for a 1970s-style inflationary spiral? Not according to Catherine Mann, former chief economist at Citigroup, who argues…
Was Hurricane Ida really caused by climate change?
It’s climate change, innit? No sooner had Hurricane Ida smashed into the coast of Louisiana with winds of around 150…
Boris Johnson's Macron-esque pettiness
How we all hollered with outrage in May when Emmanuel Macron closed France’s borders to people arriving from Britain on…
No. 10 is distorting the economy
Job vacancies at a record high, a shortage of 90,000 lorry drivers, farmers complaining about a lack of seasonal workers,…
Greta Thunberg is right
I am not usually on the same page as Greta Thunberg but she is absolutely right when she accuses the…
How are the vaccines affected by the Delta variant?
Has the emergence of the Delta, or Indian, variant reduced the effectiveness of Covid vaccines and if so by how…
The true cost of net zero
Why the government won’t talk about the real costs of decarbonisation
