Playground Cuts Certainly nobody can accuse Michael Gove of being a hesitant cutter. Playgrounds, part of some grandiose initiative by Labour in its twilight hour, are the latest victim of his axe. The problem, as always, with so many of the spending plans of the fallen government, is that it lost the connection between launching programmes […]
Al-Qaeda returns to Iraq There is a report today in the Guardian that members of U.S. backed Sunni militias are rejoining al-Qaeda in Iraq because they are being offered better pay. If this is true it shows an unravelling of a dream that was never real. At the end of the month American troops will, […]
The Senators are Back They really do not get the message, these guys. It is not in order for American Senators, however distinguished and whomever they represent, to badger and cajole a Sovereign Government of a foreign country, itself a constituent part of another Kingdom. The Americans may not like the decision the Scots made, […]
Bank of England Forecast We have learned from the financial crisis and the consequent recession that whilst most economists agree on the obvious elements of the cause, not everyone is agreed on the root cause. When it comes to how to orchestrate a recovery, there is a sharp division between Keynesians and Monetarists. Central to […]