Wouldn't it be fun if his Irish was not, in fact, very good?

Why would anyone be worried about the Maltese flag? Ah. Commentator on England doesn't know the difference between the George Cross and the Cross of St George. Ho Hum.

This is unmitigated tosh. "OBR's economic model places almost zero value on public spending." Unmitigated argle bargle. But then what does anyone expect from Not Economics Frankly?

Now this is a damn good argument, yes.

So, enough money is enough money. Great. Interesting proposition, certainly. So why didn't Jeff Bezos retire in 1999? Warren Buffett in 1989? 1979?

Degrowth thinkers have misunderstood the nature of profits and prices ✍️Tim Worstall capx.co/prices-really-…

If this renewables 'leccie sometimes has a negative price - and it does - then that's a loss. Because we can't even give the damn stuff away, can we? capx.co/prices-really-…

"Renewables – for a reliable supply – are not cheaper than fossil and so on. If they were, then we’d not have a climate change problem: we’d all be off using renewables and leaving fossil fuels to slumber another few aeons." capx.co/prices-really-…

Oh Dear. Someone commenting upon PFI and not understanding how it works. Govt (the NHS, water companies. Councils with potholes etc) is really bad at maintenance and upkeep. So a PFI contract is the building *plus 25 years of maintenance*. Not knowing this is a mark of idiocy.

If the migrant hotels are forced to close, 30,000 undocumented males will be homeless. It sounds like a lot but it would only take 1.7% of Green Party voters to free up a spare room for us get through this. 👍

Good jobs some of us greybeards recall Bernard Levin and Bernard Weatherill. adamsmith.org/blog/governmen… Pity none of us are in government as they come to steal everyones' pensions.

"Entrenched domestic interests" now include the citizenry who'd like to be able to cook their food and heat their homes. The bastards, eh?

Milton Friedman summarised it best. People aren’t rational; the single biggest drive most people have is not for oneself but to improve their child’s lot in life. To destroy that incentive destroys a society.

Ed Is Mad, Isn't He. No, Really., by Tim Worstall open.substack.com/pub/timworstal…

Apparently this is the definition of fascism. Mine is much simpler, easier to understand. "Fascism is socialists in spiffy uniforms."

Snigger. The thought that any of this is about morals, ethics or even the right way to run the country is absurd. They've run out of the money they can tax from our incomes yet they want to spend still more. Therefore they're coming for the wealth. That's it, there is no more

This declaration of famine in Gaza. Immediate action, everything must be done, right? So the UN's cool with shooting any Hamas types restricting the entry or distribution of aid then? Not that there are any such Hama types, 'course not. But now, if there were, it would be legit?

$20 an hour, 50 hours a week and no vacation. That's $52,000 a year. That's top 3% of global incomes (yes, adjusted for prices). Some whining, eh?