Continental Telegraph

IPPR North Is, Once Again, The Ginger Headed Stepchild

Tim Worstall - February 21, 20202

You know, the kiddie that everyone else stares at as if they can't believe in its existence? Almost half of all new jobs in...

Newspaper Watch

Dear Richard Seymour – Heinz Kiosk Was A Joke

Tim Worstall - February 21, 20200

Or perhaps a satire, but even so Heinz Kiosk was more of a warning of what not to say than what to utter. Pity...

Law

Trump’s Clemency Does Undermine The Rule Of Law, Yes

Tim Worstall - February 21, 20202

Finally we have a Guardian headline that is actually true: Donald Trump's use of clemency undermines the rule of law This is entirely true. What's being...

Crime

Progressives Recommend Hanau Gunman Receive Nobel Peace Prize

Alex Noble - February 20, 20202

In the aftermath of the devastating attack on two shisha bars in Hanau, Germany, progressives emerged to demand that there be no rush to...

Business

I’ve Got Mine Now Sod Off Says Zuckerberg

Tim Worstall - February 20, 20200

Not that he puts it quite so inelegantly but this is the message from Mark Zuckerberg. He's made his pile now everyone who might...

Snippets

There’s Something Sinister About Apple, Microsoft And Google

Tim Worstall - February 20, 20200

Actually, something sinister about WhatsApp and Samsung too. Apple Google Microsoft Samsung WhatsApp Twitter Facebook

Business

China’s The Most Free Market Economy On The Planet At Present Says Tesla

Tim Worstall - February 20, 20200

A fairly bold claim and of course not one that Tesla itself is actually making. But one that can be divined from Tesla's activities....

Your Tax Money At Work

Entire Argle Bargle From The BBC Chairman

Tim Worstall - February 20, 20207

Yes, obviously, the bloke seated on the sharp pinnacle of a massive bureaucracy is going to thrash around and try any argument at all...

Your Tax Money At Work

The Advantage Of Water Privatisation

Tim Worstall - February 20, 20200

Wellington, in New Zealand, is discovering why Britain privatised the water companies. Although I think we all realise that no one at all observing...

Business

Council Planning Permission And Unbuilt Homes

Tim Worstall - February 20, 20203

Local government peeps are claiming that it's not them guv'. Sure, the country needs more houses built, sure there's a planning process to go...

Ragging on Ritchie

Here’s The Proof, The Minimum Wage Kills Jobs

Tim Worstall - February 19, 20205

Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, Richard Murphy of City University - usually known around here as the Senior Lecturer (for that was...

Brexit