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Labour Party Decide To Be Damned Idiots

Tim Worstall - September 18, 202014

This comes as a real surprise to us all, right? End sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2030, Labour urges government Well, we...

Law

To Explain Banksy’s Trademark Troubles

Tim Worstall - September 17, 20207

Banksy, the bloke who pollutes our environment with graffiti, has just lost a battle in the courts over his rights to his own work....

Politics

Digital Homework

Tim Worstall - September 16, 20204

From our Swindon Correspondent: From the FT Prolific a Uk-based crowd-work platform for surveys and market research, imposes an hourly pay floor by calculating the average time it...

Economy

Socialism By Any Other Name Would Stink Just As Badly

Tim Worstall - September 15, 20203

A fun result from some research by Ed Lazear: One surprising finding from my study is that changing a country’s name to eliminate the terms...

Europe

Organic Food Exports

Tim Worstall - September 14, 20202

From our Swindon Correspondent: From Inews Organic farmers could find themselves with stockpiles of milk, vegetables and meat they can’t sell to the EU if the UK...

Culture

Who’s Being Hunted?

Tim Worstall - September 14, 202021

From our correspondent Esteban: Ronald Reagan once observed that “the trouble with our liberal friends isn’t that they are ignorant, it’s that so much they...

Business

Picking Winners

Tim Worstall - September 11, 202029

From our Swindon Correspondent: From the Telegraph The Prime Minister’s chief advisor Dominic Cummings has told civil servants that he is examining ways to help the UK...

Environment

Just How Colonialist Is Greenpeace?

Tim Worstall - September 11, 20208

Very colonialist indeed judging by this: Toxic pesticides banned for use in the UK are being exported to countries with less stringent regulations, under loopholes...

Feminism

Cast Her Out – Semenya Is A Transphobe!

Tim Worstall - September 10, 20205

This is the only possible conclusion to draw from this statement: “I am very disappointed by this ruling, but refuse to let World Athletics drug...

Your Tax Money At Work

But Single Parent Families Are Responsible For Poverty

Tim Worstall - September 10, 20206

At some point perhaps the editors of The Guardian would like to club together and buy Afua Hirsch a clue? Sure, vain hope but...

Finance

Why Would Elon Musk Care About Tesla’s Share Price Crash?

Tim Worstall - September 9, 20204

Well, yes, obviously, he owns a significant portion of the company's stock and so his paper losses, from that recent peak, are substantial. But...

Feminism

This Isn’t Exactly The Most Feminist Claim Ever From Kara Swisher

Tim Worstall - September 9, 20205

In fact, I think it would be fairly easy to come up with a statement or three that were rather more feminist: But the attack...

Business

Whisky-a-go-go

Tim Worstall - September 8, 20203

From our Swindon correspondent: From the BBC A man whose father gave him 18-year-old whisky every year for his birthday is selling the collection to buy a...

Healthcare

Richard Horton’s Diagnosis Of Society

Tim Worstall - September 8, 20207

Horton is a doctor and the editor of The Lancet: A more equal society is a safer, kinder and more prosperous society. Specific policies to...

Brexit

They’re Lying About The Costs Of Brexit Again, It’s Bullshit From...

Tim Worstall - September 7, 2020 2

Rather a labour of Sisyphus trying to stem this tide of bullshit about the costs of Brexit. All of which is leading us to...

Celebrity

What Did Happen To That Cultural Appropriation Thing About Actors?

Tim Worstall - September 7, 2020 2

I seem to recall that cis folk are not allowed to play trans characters now. And that het definitively is not allowed to play...

Immigration

Casuistry At The Huffington Post About Refugees

Tim Worstall - September 6, 2020 2

They so desperately want to say that all those paddling across the Channel have a perfect right to do so. So, they tell us...

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