Pragmatist

In Lipstick on a Pig , I looked at why facilitators will triumph over institutions in the markets for retail financial services. I'...

In Part 1 , I suggested that to properly understand our motives at the ballot box the election narrative needs to be told from the bottom-up...

Gordon Brown's exchanges with a woman from Rochdale today are emblematic of both the decline in faith in our institutions and the root...

Many people would like to have rolled out the tumbrils for the UK Parliament in the past year, but a 'hung' Parliament is of course ...

The electoral " elephant in the room " is exactly how the next UK government will eliminate the country's £90bn structural def...

The despicably secretive, double-dealing frenzy of the UK Parliamentary 'wash-up' is an especially disgraceful and cretinous proces...

The UK election battle is raging. From the plains of Helmand Province to the door of Number 10, where Gordo clings to power like a crazed gi...

While amusing , the political poster saga must be very poor value for money - not a great message for anyone interested in fiscal responsib...

Following this morning's Spectator Business function - and the subsequent damp-squib budget announcement - you could not help but concl...

Funny that Gordon Brown has chosen the last possible minute before his last ditch General Election to announce that  UK banks will finally a...

Thank you for my tax code for 2010-11. May I say how delightful it is - nay, what an honour and a privilege it is - to be given the opportun...

In this age of economic and environmental meltdown, it's worth considering what "sustainable capitalism" means to you . And w...

Vote now for which 5 policies that will form the Power 2010 Pledge . I voted for: 1. a fully elected upper house; 2. fixed term Parli...

The Guardian reports on the latest response to the Australian government's efforts to control the internet .

As the Trafigura saga demonstrated, Private Eye is a good source of news items that resonate with the Twittersphere. I'm an occasional...

Here are my takeaways from the Spectator Business breakfast debate, sponsored by DLA Piper in the City this morning. The issue was whether ...

Isn't it reassuring to see the piggies back from yet more holiday, fighting every effort to have their snouts hauled out of the trough ...

If you aren't thoroughly disillusioned with UK politics and hell-bent on doing something about it, I don't know how much more mayhe...

The United Nations Safe Internet Committee (UNSIC) announced on Thursday that its web filters would no longer accept any Australian conten...

They've been desperately downing the Kool Aid in Downing Street, those who are left. No more polite chat while queuing for the tea urn ...