Why are our roads in such awful condition?
British roads are in famously poor condition. Why is this? They didn't use to be. Are we really so broke that we cannot have our roads maintained?I don't think it's…
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27 February 2026
Why the obsession with Net Zero?
It seems to me that our leaders have some great ideological thoughts, but they don't think them right through. We're only supposed to have electric cars from 2030, but what…
27 February 2026
I’m coming out…
... so you better get this party started. That’s a quote from a P!nk song. (please excuse the American expression in there. I’d have said you’d). Seriously though, I’m not.…
27 February 2026
Above the law
It seems very common for people to abuse their positions. We saw it in government, where our elected representatives ignored the rules they had imposed during the pandemic. We’ve seen…
27 February 2026
‘Turn people off’ on their 85th birthday
Well, perhaps not on their birthday, but at a fixed age. We do not have the management of end-of-life well worked out. At the end of people's lives, they are…
27 February 2026
Radically update and improve our taxation
It's astonishing how complicated the taxation regime is. Income tax; road tax; duty on fuel, alcohol, cigarettes etc; inheritance taxation; the list seems completely endless. And then there are quirks…
27 February 2026