The BBC has a story about the fact that the government does not buy British bacon. However, there is a greater story behind this which successive government have ignored. What about the government insisting on a far higher percentage of government departmental funding being spent on UK manufactured goods ? Why do some government departments which have pool cars spend their money on cars manufactur...

I worried preamturely that the government’s wish to borrow so much would cause strains in the government debt market. Indeed, I underestimated their intelligence in this respect. Forecasting a huge surge in government borrowing from the £43 billion for

Lovers of small government may not like this. Perhaps Gordon Brown’s government reshuffleshould have come with a health warning! There are now 121 ministers, whips or law officers. There were 106 members of the government when Margaret Thatcher formed her first government in 1979 and 112 when Tony Blair formed his in 1997. Winston Churchill managed to fight the

Yesterday enough Conservative MPs stayed in Parliament to defeat the government. By the time we got to the votes there were only just about 100 Labour MPs still there. The government was busy trying to set up yet more regional government bureaucracy and supervision in England. It was a pleasure to help

The people get it, the government is in denial. People in Britain and their government are diverging on how to deal with overborrowing. The people know you need to save to sort out a credit crunch. The government thinks you need to borrow more! Many families are cutting out the luxuries and the

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Yesterday the BBC did move from ignoring the idea of cutting public spending, to mentioning it in pejorative terms. At the same time they started pushing out the government propoganda that the UK exceeding the 40% limit on government borrowing should be viewed alongside Italy where government