On the trappings of power
Last week, for the first time in my life, I attended the Wimbledon tennis championships. My wife entered the ballot for tickets last year (the closing date was in December) and she hit the jackpot:...
View ArticleIdeological blindness to the facts on social mobility
There is an ideological blindness on the left which seems to preclude them from acknowledging any biological basis to cognitive differences. I discuss this in Social Mobility Myths and I experienced...
View ArticleThe empty, self-defeating and pointless sentencing of Pavlo Lapshyn
A 25 year-old Lithuanian immigrant and self-confessed white supremacist was this week found guilty of the murder of an 82 year-old Muslim man, and of detonating three bombs near mosques in the West...
View ArticleA tale of two piers
Last Wednesday, a fire destroyed part of Eastbourne’s 150 year-old pier. Within two days, David Cameron arrived in the town and announced that the government would make £2 million available to help...
View ArticleTale of two piers – update
Five days ago I posted a piece here about Cameron’s gift of £2m of taxpayers’ money to Eastbourne to help rebuild the pier after the fire. In my comments I warned of “robbing Peter to pay Paul....
View ArticleLord Freud is being pilloried for raising an issue that warrants discussion
Welfare Reform Minister, Lord Freud, agreed in answer to a question at a Conservative conference fringe meeting that some disabled people cannot do the same value work as more able people can. For...
View ArticleWho you gonna call?
The other day, while visiting my parents in south-east London, my wife and I took our dog for a walk in the local park. There were several other people walking their dogs, but the peace was disturbed...
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