Yesterday, over lunch at the IEA, Douglas Carswell finally convinced me to support fully his Direct Democracy campaign. Taken as a whole, I believe his proposals would put power back in the hands of the people in a way that can today be scarcely imagined. For a flavour, watch this: […]
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Car tax
Having just paid £245 car tax for the year, I am reminded of my prior advocacy of the abolition of car tax. Needless to say, it has not encouraged me to buy a slower car: I’ll be running this one for at least another two years, whatever. In the meantime, I […]
Read MoreBank reform bill introduced by Douglas Carswell with my support
Further to my ConHome article, Douglas Carswell introduced a ten-minute rule bill to reform the banking system on Wednesday. My Wall Street Journal article is here (subscription required). Please see The Cobden Centre’s coverage for more.
Read MoreCentreRight: Douglas Carswell leads the way on bank reform
On CentreRight, I explain that Douglas Carswell leads the way on bank reform: There is a doctrine which creates wealth and spreads it around. It is just and moral. It works. It is called capitalism and, today, in practice, there is very obviously something wrong with it. If one were to […]
Read MorePaul Goodman: Who else will do a Boris?
My predecessor Paul Goodman has written for The Guardian, explaining the reality of life as a new Tory MP: Without exception they will have opposed Labour cuts during the last parliament: A&E amalgamations, post office closures, downsizing rural police stations. In my 10 years as an MP, my main constituency […]
Read MoreDouglas Carswell MP: How should we reform the banks?
As Douglas Carswell MP reports, I will be supporting him next week as he introduces a ten-minute rule bill to begin reform of banking. As he writes: It’s the current system of scam banking that has given us today’s credit shortage. It’s the crony corporatism we have now that so damaged capitalist economies […]
Read MoreThe case for tax simplification
As the tax fiasco continues, we might ask what is to be done to prevent this in future. I am not surprised amounts of tax were miscalculated. I personally worked on a project to encode a corporate tax return for electronic submission when we found the rules were incompatible. It […]
Read MoreTen plans for financial reform
Over at The Cobden Centre, I have introduced and listed ten substantial plans for financial reform: Since The Cobden Centre was established by original founder Toby Baxendale, Dr Tim Evans, Dr Anthony J Evans and the author, we have assembled ten plans for financial reform which promise to deliver honest […]
Read More21st Century Welfare – DWP
Via 21st Century Welfare, the Coalition seeks views on proposals for welfare reform. Since I gave time to work for the Centre for Social Justice, these reforms are close to my heart: we must take people out of the present intergenerational cycles of broad spectrum poverty. Iain Duncan Smith’s statement in […]
Read MoreCobden Centre roundup
I have scarcely caught up with my TCC colleagues for a couple of weeks. Their output has been tremendous: Andy Duncan explains how Peter Schiff’s predictions are being fulfilled in Peter Schiff: Dollar rout, CNBC, Fin Reg and Peter Schiff: Dollar, credit ratings, China, short-term debt. James Tyler demonstrates the importance of […]
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