Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood It’s been the worst kept secret of the year! Labour has slashed its original £28bn green borrowing plan by four fifths and unveiled a new tax raid on oil and gas giants to bankroll the Net Zero drive. Sir Keir Starmer announced that his flagship clean energy policy […]
Labour Cuts Green Budget By 80%
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in health economics Tags: British politics, cranks
This morning I received an email from a colleague that said this about the New York Times‘s article on King Charles’s cancer diagnosis: In the NY Times report there is one sentence mentioning that he is using homeopathy as part of his suite of treatments. UPDATE: My colleague, who is reliable, swears he saw this […]
King Charles, cancer, and homeopathy
30 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in economic history, law and economics Tags: British politics, constitutional law
The King returned from the hospital today after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate on Friday. According to the BBC, there was no delegation of royal authority during his stay in the hospital. This approach is in marked contrast to that of the United States where Presidents have temporarily transferred their powers to the Vice-President […]
Royal Incapacity and Medical Procedures
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in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British politics, constitutional law
Some commentators have claimed that the decision to expedite the process of formally exonerating the sub-postmasters potentially runs afoul of certain core constitutional principles, in particular the separation of powers. It has also been claimed that the ‘crown does not have a prerogative of justice but only a prerogative of mercy’. This blog considers and challenges those claims. Technically, […]
Robert Craig: The constitutional implications of legislating to exonerate the Post Office sub-postmasters
12 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, environmental economics, law and economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Some things you could not make up! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/01/11/zac-goldsmith-banned-driving-caught-speeding/
Lord Goldsmith given driving ban for four speeding offences – after backing 20mph limit
04 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics, land supply, zoning
In the past five years, the number of applications to connect to the electricity grid — many of them for solar energy generation and storage — has increased tenfold, with waits of up to 15 years. The underinvestment is restricting the flow of cheap energy from Scottish wind farms to population centers in England and adding to […]
Why Britain’s economy is failing
30 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics, wind power
… foundations of sand – naïve optimism reinforced by enthusiastic lobbying divorced from engineering reality. The post Britain’s Net Zero Disaster and the Wind Power Scam first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
Britain’s Net Zero Disaster and the Wind Power Scam
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics, wind power
It might come in handy if anybody else wishes to grill their MP!
The Case Against Offshore Wind
20 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: British history, British politics
The Co-operative Party was founded in 1917, volunteer interviewer Peter Reilly reflects on his recent oral history interview with David Lepper, a former ‘Labour Coop’ MP and what it meant to be a member of the Co-operative Party. Recent interviews I have conducted for the History of Parliament Trust Oral History Project remind us that […]
Cooperation and the Co-operative Party
31 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, income redistribution, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: British history, British politics, World War II
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in Economics of international refugee law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: British history, British politics, economics of immigration, racial discrimination
27 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: British politics, economics of pandemics
07 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: British history, British politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
07 Jul 2022 Leave a comment
in politics Tags: British politics
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