I’ve had a varied couple of days working for my constituents in Parliament – see theyworkforyou.com – but most interesting is what I have confirmed about the media. On this blog, I described various aspects of the political situation as a “pantomime” we should move past. That was picked up […]
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Cover article in Business First Magazine: It’s not enough to bash the bankers.
Business First Magazine has published a cover story by me and my Cobden Centre colleague Robert Sadler, It’s not enough to bash the bankers. In the article, we argue that the collapse of the present banking orthodoxy is inevitable. So-called “quantitative easing”, plus the inflationary combination of central banking with […]
Read MoreThe BBC’s Robert Peston – Britain’s Banks: Too Big to Save?
My Cobden Centre colleagues Toby Baxendale and Gordon Kerr appear in this documentary by Robert Peston, Britain’s Banks: Too Big to Save? It’s not bad at all but it’s vital we shift the focus from bashing bankers, which may be satisfying, but which is a sideshow compared to the flaws in […]
Read MoreFun and games in the Daily Mail?
Via Mail Online: A Tory Euro rebel MP was reportedly reduced to tears after being caught in the crossfire between his millionaire father and a furious David Cameron over a vote to stop Brussels gaining more power over Britain. I wonder who reported that. I was with Chris, the subject of […]
Read MorePanel discussion held in Parliament on Martin Durkin’s film Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story
In November 2008, the Institute of Economic Affairs published Nick Silver’s A Bankruptcy Foretold: The UK’s Implicit Pension Debt (PDF), which argued that if the UK’s debt is calculated in line with generally-accepted accounting principles, it is something over £4 trillion. In June this year, an update was published, putting […]
Read MoreDiscussing the severe weather on Radio 5 Live
Last night, just after 10pm, I appeared for the first time in a live national interview with Stephen Nolan on Radio 5 live to discuss the severe weather. Thousands upon thousands of people have had a miserable time over the past few days: it’s an important issue. We covered quite […]
Read MoreSteve Baker, MP: “The People are the World’s Influencers” | Global Thinkers
Via Global Thinkers, an interview on social networks: Q: Being connected: There is a surprising power in social networks. They seem to shape our lives one way or another. How do you view this trend? A: I’m deeply encouraged by people’s desire to associate with one another more broadly and more […]
Read MoreTonight: Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story
Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story will be transmitted on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm: Film maker Martin Durkin explains the full extent of the financial mess we are in: an estimated £4.8 trillion of national debt and counting. It’s so big that even if every home in the UK was sold […]
Read MoreWhat Churchill might have said to the Twitterati?
Via Wikiquote, Churchill, November 17, 1906, Institute of Journalists Dinner, London: For my own part I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities which he excites among his opponents. I have always set myself not merely to relish but to deserve thoroughly their censure. Arrogant, […]
Read MoreBritain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story
Further to my recent post, Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story will be transmitted on Channel 4, next Thursday, 11 Nov at 9pm: Film maker Martin Durkin explains the full extent of the financial mess we are in: an estimated £4.8 trillion of national debt and counting. It’s so big that even […]
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