Via BBC News – All Lib Dem ministers will back rise in tuition fees: All Liberal Democrat government ministers will vote to raise the cap on university tuition fees in England, party leader Nick Clegg has said. There had been speculation some could abstain from a vote over the controversial […]
Read MorePost Tagged with: "Reform"
Philip Lawrence’s widow urges reform of human rights laws after killer Learco Chindamo recalled to prison – Telegraph
David Cameron is under pressure to deliver on a promise to reform the Human Rights Act following the disclosure that the foreign-born murderer of Philip Lawrence has been arrested on suspicion of another violent attack. via Philip Lawrence’s widow urges reform of human rights laws after killer Learco Chindamo recalled […]
Read MoreThe fixed-term Parliaments Bill
Via the explanatory notes to the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill, this took some wrestling with: Clause 2: Early parliamentary general elections 15. Clause 2 provides for the circumstances in which an early parliamentary general election can be held, that is, an election with a date of poll which must be earlier […]
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 MoreLSE Hayek Lecture 2010: Prof Jesús Huerta de Soto
LSE Hayek Lecture 2010: Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto from Cobden Centre on Vimeo. See also his books: Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles (PDF, buy) Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship (buy)
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 […]
Read MoreSteve Baker MP: Honest Money and the Future of Banking » The Cobden Centre
Via The Cobden Centre, video of my presentation on Saturday: Slides:
Read MoreReform of EDMs
I appeared today before the Back Bench Business Committee, arguing for a debate on the floor of the House on democratic renewal with a substantive motion on the reform of EDMs. I would like to see EDMs modified into a system which democratically determines what is debated at back-benchers’ request. […]
Read MoreComrades are confused about capitalism – they shouldn’t be.
I have written for ConservativeHome today on the problem with capitalism: I listened to Comrade Milliband’s tedious historical revisionism with interest: apparently New Old Labour are to become the party of enterprise and small business in order that wealth can be created and redistributed. With Comrade Milliband’s remarks following so closely […]
Read MoreOn printing money and hoping
Via The Cobden Centre, a good article by Liam Halligan, Policy makers must do more than print money and hope for the best: Quantitative easing might seem the easiest option but it is storing up major problems for the future. … Now, the Western world’s policy response amounts to printing […]
Read More
