I am glad to read today that the government is dropping the Chinese death figures from CV 19 from it deaths graph, as they cannot be sure about the basis on which they are compiled. They might like to adjust the other country death figures to numbers … read more
During the long debates about Brexit Remain MPs and campaigners centred much of their argument on the plight of the car industry in the UK. They falsely claimed Brexit would disrupt supply chains from the continent, ignoring the fact that substantial… read more
I am pleased senior advisers go to hear the scientific advice at SAGE meetings and ask questions about it. Good policy advisers listen to specialist advice in order to use the wise bits of it in policy. read more
Everyone agrees it is a big call. Most agree it has to be made by the Cabinet, preferably with the PM present and guiding. Some say it should be left to the scientists. They have given us some criteria to do with death rates, cases in hospital rates, … read more
I recently published a study of the damage done to the UK economy by the boom and bust policies of past decades. It was part of a series of papers commissioned by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) and published on Capx. I posted the study on the web… read more