Is all GDP created equal?Scott Corfe of the Social Market Foundation* has with his team produced an eye-catching report about gambling regulation**. The major…Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
The defeat of the Treasury must not be finalFor most advisers toiling within government, the standard daily routine is simple: “wake up/go to work/try to do things/get told you can’t…Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019
Burke, and being against “the coercive authority of such instructions”When I first heard the words “MPs don’t get to choose which votes to respect” (repeated loyally by the PM and Party Chairman) my first…Sep 1, 2019Sep 1, 2019
Ian Mulheirn says UK housing is not a supply problem. No one can prove him wrong(sorry, this has been public for a couple of days now on https://freethinkecon.wordpress.com/)Aug 26, 2019Aug 26, 2019
Time for macro-economics to get political once moreA former No10 colleague asked me recently: is there a definitive guide out there to how monetary and fiscal policy work together? What…Aug 21, 2019Aug 21, 2019
What’s your problem, it’s only two quid!There are plenty of rubbish jobs, but surely none as daunting as the Treasury official tasked with telling a desperate new government what…Aug 16, 2019Aug 16, 2019
The voting system is driving our politicians madAfter the first big Brexit Postponement, the Euro elections and all that excitement, the day job in No10 became somewhat dull. There are…Aug 12, 2019Aug 12, 2019
Bad in theory, fine in practice: an insider account of the Energy Price CapAround midnight one early October I found myself in a Manchester hotel room, facing a furious Chancellor (in black tie) and his aides…Aug 9, 20191Aug 9, 20191
Who the hell put you in charge? On Spads and managementHow to manage the abrupt disconnection of a 45 year commercial relationship? Why not “stick randomly appointed political hacks atop…Aug 6, 2019Aug 6, 2019
Sod the Overton WindowFirst, if you were wondering why the blogging has been light, a short recap…Aug 4, 2019Aug 4, 2019