Go For Growth
December 7, 2024
As a country, our GDP per capita has been virtually static for a number of years now. Overall, GDP has increased slowly – thanks to
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A Very Wooden Cabinet
September 23, 2024
Things are getting so bad in the UK under the Starmer Labour government, that it almost (almost) makes you hanker after the bumbling incompetence which
A Rethink on Education
June 2, 2024
The Education Manifesto of the Some-Other Party The state, parents and education The character of its education is one of the things that defines a
Scottish National Police Timewasters
April 12, 2024
I have very limited experience with the Scottish police, which is as it should be in a free society. They are invariably pleasant, polite and
Humza Yousaf: Scotland’s Hate Monster
April 5, 2024
(Photograph: Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Anyone even vaguely familiar with Scotland will know the values she traditionally embodies: stoicism, courage
Portugal
March 23, 2024
I have an interest in a Portuguese business and so had reason to be there for a week over the recent General Election. Here in
The Frank Report LXXIV
December 17, 2023
We don’t usually go in for sympathy at The Frank Report, but having had the wisdom tooth from Hell extracted this Thursday, alongside doctor’s orders
UK National Defence: A Time For Choosing
October 7, 2023
In an era defined by global uncertainty and unpredictable challenges, the state of Britain’s defence capability is dangerously compromised. A bold reappraisal of future requirements
Conked Out Conservatives
October 6, 2023
Things are not looking good for the Conservatives. Every day it appears, they give themselves a lower chance of pulling through at next year’s general