Miliband is now spreading further lunacy
Until yesterday Miliband was completely destroying North Sea oil and gas exploration and extraction. Mad but merely our cost. He has now been propelled into foreign affairs where his exceedingly poor judgement can take us into serious trouble. God help us.
23 hours ago1 min read
Capita (CPI) as reported by the IC late last week
The UK’s largest outsourcing groups have historically shrugged off high-profile public sector failures as fresh government contracts kept flowing. Capita’s (CPI) mishandling of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS), however, is starting to look like more than just another bump in the road. Just a couple of months after taking over the pension scheme in December, Capita called in the government, which provided hundreds of additional staff to tackle a growing backlog of aroun
2 days ago4 min read
Nationalising businesses
I do not know where the lunatic groundswell developed to see utilities, for instance, renationalised. There is no chance of success. A few months ago a Dimbleby declared in a BBC Radio4 series) that privatisation had failed whereas in fact the relevant legislation had never been correctly drafted in the first place. (As it happens I wrote to the Dimbleby explaining this: there was no reply. I decided that he is thick.)
3 days ago1 min read
Labour's idiocies when it comes to money
The foolish Chancellor on the run to Thatcher's common sense taking over in 1979 was Denis Healey. He was a clever man and had been beachmaster at Anzio. But he had to play the socialist bloody fool with, believe it or not, a top rate of income tax of 98%. In or about 1985 I met Sir Leo Pliatsky at a party. He had retired having been permanent secretary at HM Treasury. I enquired as to whether Healey had believed all this socialist drivel. Undoubtedly came the reply. Burnham
5 days ago1 min read
