Putting up interest rates to ‘control’ inflation is a blunt instrument at best. The theory is that...
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“BoE holds rates but hints at rise towards 1% in 2022”
If you have a mortgage and you want something else to worry about, forget the Bank of England base...
“Aid workers describe the devastating impact of the UK government’s cuts to foreign aid”
Were these cuts worth the grief, both political and human, that they really are causing? The...
“Negative interest rate debate becomes ‘very real’ as UK inflation plunges to 0.8%”
Negative interest rates? Really? Well, the theory is that if you have to pay the bank to look...
“Is Coronavirus bringing us together as a nation”
I used to think one of the great things about walking in the beautiful Cotswold countryside...
“Think Boris Johnson is toxic to voters? Don’t be so sure”
Surely it can’t get any worse for Boris? His core supporters in the golf clubs of the Shires must...
“David Cameron: I panicked and asked Queen to intervene in Scottish independence referendum”
I'm always banging on, I know, about lessons from history not being learned and leaders, corporate...
“FTSE 100 executives earn more in first three days of 2019 than average worker’s annual salary”
How things have changed: Of the crew of eight on my holiday flight, only two were female; and one...
“Boris Johnson: A prime minister in a hurry”
'So what will happen now, Mystic Phil', I hear you say. Well, Boris & Co will go on a bit of a...
“The shifting patterns of UK inequality”
In the much-maligned (not by me, a child of) ’70s, we were one of the world’s most egalitarian...
“Less than a fifth of millennials would now vote Conservatives”
Apparently there is an average age at which the average person becomes a Tory voter, and it’s...
“‘Wake-up call’ for Tories as business loses faith in party”
It comes to something when business no longer thinks of the Tories as the 'Party of Business'. It...
“Bank of England raises UK interest rates”
Why have they ignored my advice and put up interest rates? Because inflation’s on the up? But...
Council tax hikes planned ‘across England’
How can this be when our government says there will be a ‘real term increase in resources over the...
Bridgewater
We took a detour last week through a Somerset market town, typical of many in the Britain which...