As Lego has found out, the world isn’t ready to give up plastic
Predictions of the demise of the fossil fuel industry are based almost wholly on energy. In future, goes the argument, we…
Why is Sunak cutting a tax only paid by the rich?
Last week, Rishi Sunak struck a blow for ordinary people against the elitist project that is net zero, assuring them…
Falling wages aren’t stopping shoppers from hitting the high street
It looks like a case of recession postponed – again. Figures from the Office for National Statistics this morning show…
The flaw in Rishi Sunak’s plan to water down net zero
Rishi Sunak will reportedly make a speech later this week watering down some of the targets the government has set…
Why drivers are losing interest in electric cars
In his promised review of net zero policies, Rishi Sunak has already ruled out postponing the proposed ban on the…
Will Germany be the first to ditch its net zero commitments?
Things are not going well in Germany’s bid to reach net zero by 2045, five years earlier even than Britain’s…
The dangerous dog crackdown shouldn’t stop with banning Bully XLs
There isn’t much you can do in modern Britain without encountering some licensing scheme, but one area of life which…
Brexit Britain can benefit from Apple’s spat with Europe
Are the EU and the US heading for a trade war by dirty means? I ask because for the second…
Bernard Looney and the sinister policing of office romances
I doubt whether many people will feel a pang of sympathy for Bernard Looney, former chief executive of BP who…
Is one badly filed flight plan really to blame for the airport chaos?
A faulty flight plan filed by a French airline is unofficially being blamed for the meltdown in our national air…
Net Zero is condemning more Brits to energy poverty
Here’s another great idea from the net zero establishment: only heat your home when it is warm and sunny outdoors.…
Energy prices are coming down, but they should be cheaper
It is hard to remember that this time last year soon-to-be prime minister Liz Truss was on the verge of…
Scotland shouldn’t pay climate reparations
Lucky old Scottish homeowners. Not only are they being told that they could be forbidden from selling their homes if…
House prices are falling. But it’s still terrible for first-time buyers
Hurrah. Housing is now more ‘affordable’ for first-time buyers than it was a year ago. Or so says Halifax, which…
We are facing an epidemic of online fraud
At what point are we going to drop the fiction that acquisitive crime is on the wane and admit that…
Degrees of failure: the great university rip-off
Is university still worth it?
It’s no surprise that retail sales are down
Following last week’s news of unexpectedly strong economic growth in June of 0.5 per cent, today’s retail sales figures for…
Why is the WHO promoting homeopathy?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is meant to implore us to ignore hearsay and folklore, and to follow the scientific…
I’m afraid of higher wages
So, Britain has finally awarded itself the real-terms pay rise that the unions would say workers ‘deserve’. This morning’s inflation…
Should we be looking at geo-engineering the climate?
Has a well-meaning international effort to cut pollution from ships contributed to a sudden warming of the waters in the…
UK economy grows by 0.5% in June – defying expectations
So the economy has defied the predictions of doom once more. The latest figures released by the Office for National…
Britain has a productivity problem
First the good news – the fall in living standards may be coming to an end, with wages starting to…
First-time buyers fleeing London do so at their own risk
Have high house prices succeeded where decades of government efforts at regional development have failed? That is, have they managed…
Is the ‘era of cheap food’ over?
Not so long ago, some were arguing that cheap food was a problem in Britain. We’re unlikely to hear such complaints now…
Britain might be in a wage-price spiral
The Bank of England has raised the base rate yet again, this time to 5.25 per cent, a high not…
