The EU will be limiting the number of pesticides available to farmers. Lower yields and higher prices are expected. No impact assessment was carried out for the proposals. It’s as if the bureaucrats think regulation is free! read more | digg story
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“The worst kind of government for the ordinary working man”
A taxi driver reminded me tonight of something my father, a carpenter, has long told me: the worst kind of government for the ordinary working man is a Labour government. Endless intervention, condescension, degrading regulation, a crumbling economy, ineffective legislation and inefficient management of the public services: these are the […]
Read MoreNationalisation of Northern Rock
The government is getting it all wrong and the saga is just beginning. I notice that chapter 11 of Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom” is introduced with the following quote from E H Carr: It is significant that the nationalisation of thought has proceeded everywhere pari passu with the nationalisation […]
Read MoreThe MacA-level, leading to the McJob or setting the mind free?
According to the BBC: Fast-food giant McDonald’s has become one of the first firms to offer its own nationally recognised qualifications. It will offer a “basic shift manager” course, training staff in skills such as human resources and marketing. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said the company had been approved […]
Read MoreHMRC: you couldn’t make it up
Without apparent irony, HMRC offer both an update on the personal information lost and warn of fraudulent attempts to obtain personal information: This front page has been up for a while.
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with HMRC?
In my seven years working with HMRC on and off, either providing services from a small company or representing software developers’ interests, it has been perfectly obvious that trivial technical tasks become time-consuming and expensive once they have been put to HMRC’s prime contractor. I have been on conference calls, […]
Read MoreHousing, mortgages and the FSA
It struck me as I woke – ! – how hopeless is the FSA’s regulation of the mortgage lending industry? Now, every time you buy something which could potentially involve credit, whether or not you take it, you have to listen to, or read, some pointless blurb about that firm’s […]
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