Tim Worstall

He lays out his stall and reminds me why I am a classical liberal, not a centre left one (as he desscribes himself).

The condition of Britain demands not more individualism but greater collective identity and action. From Northern Rock and the credit crunch to the anxiety and insecurity of failing markets in housing, pensions and […]

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Labour is persisting with a high-risk strategy of class warfare in Crewe & Nantwich in a desperate attempt to avoid losing the by-election and further destabilising Gordon Brown’s troubled leadership.
Labour leaflets distributed over the weekend showed Edward Timpson, the Conservative candidate, standing outside Crewe station with a top hat digitally superimposed on his head. It […]

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To understand the indifference of Burma’s military rulers to the suffering of cyclone Nargis survivors, look no further than the large gold lettering on the gates of the army’s officer training school.
It proclaims the young officers to be ‘the Triumphant Elite of the Future’, which sums up the attitude of the men who have run […]

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Ms Dunwoody, by contrast, has a more engaging approach. Her "woman of the people" image backfired, however, when party strategists took her shopping at Tesco. The Labour candidate approached a shopper, proffered a hand and said: "Hello, I’m Tamsin Dunwoody." The shopper replied […]

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Speaking sense for once:

Traditional representative democracy has created a class of remote professional politicians. The first task is to bring politicians nearer the people. We should hold some cabinet meetings on housing estates or in local community centres around the country. Ministers need to immerse themselves in the communities we want to serve.
We need to […]

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The Lords Appointments Commission, which promised to open the Upper House to the masses, comes under attack today for giving “people’s peerages” to bastions of the Establishment.

Nobody really thought they would look outside the usual suspects, did they? That’s not how Establishments work.

— “People’s peers”, nominated by the public and chosen by a committee, were […]

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Well, quite.

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If you’ve found the election hard to follow of late, that’s because the only real issue at stake is Hillary Clinton’s extraordinary, irrational, overwhelming ambition.

Pretty much a requirement for anyone willing to stand for President I would have thought. No?

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My word, so we do indeed have referendums in the United Kingdom to decide matters of constitutional importance.

Wendy Alexander, the Scottish Labour leader, announced her backing for a "Yes or No" vote on independence.
The U-turn was a further blow to the authority of the embattled Prime Minister who was not informed of Ms Alexander’s announcement.
It […]

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Why not ask your MP the same question?

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I’ll know he’s succeeded when I can follow the local hunt to see a fox dispatched swiftly by hounds, then retire with friends to the smoking room of the local pub to enjoy a pitcher of mulled ale whilst respectful council workers gather the horse-nuts from the streets and ensure all the bins are clean […]

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He added: "I tell you what, why don’t we let David Milliband run the country? Or shall we wait until his nuts have dropped? 
"What’s that David? Why do all the other men in your office start work that little bit later than you? Well, what happens is, when you’re having your Coco Pops, they have […]

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Here’s the plan.

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He says that there are more than 600 addresses with more than 100
registered voters.
Do you know if it’s possible to verify this?  If you don’t, would you
consider asking the readers of the blog?

Mhm?

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UKIP continues to move ahead.

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Which brings us to Boris Johnson. It is perhaps a kindness to some of you, who remember his genial outings on this page over many years, to advise that those of a sensitive disposition, who harbour affection for the Conservative candidate, might do better to switch off now.
Mr Johnson is not a politician. He is […]

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I printed off 2,000 leaflets and then, in my spare time, set off around the ward distributing them. By and large, I received a positive reception. Lots of shouts of "Good luck!" - mainly from the older voter. But it wasn’t always so positive. I bumped into one chap, handed him a leaflet and asked […]

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Well, that is what her blog says.
Her real blog that is.
As Guido says, maybe someone offered her chocloate for her password?

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We have an overpowerful executive. We don’t have sufficient scrutiny of legislative proposals.
So Richard Reeves suggests we should move to a unicameral system.
Genius, absolute friggin’ genius.
Please, somebody shoot either me or him.

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From the latest, Pennsylvanian act of the world’s longest Punch and Judy show, I draw this conclusion: whoever wins the presidential election in November, the world will be disappointed.

USians are electing the President of the United States of America. What the rest of the world thinks about it really doesn’t matter.
You want a voice in […]

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