Tories Follow Gordon Brown’s Spending Plans – Labour Party Outraged
Those of us rich in maturity and experience will recall what Gordon Brown's basic spending plans were. Other than just splash the cash on...
Google’s Bro’ Culture – What Do You Expect From A Mountain Of Nerds?
So here we've got a complaint that Google's internal culture is a "Bro'" one. That is, male, nerdy and really not very cultured at...
The NCAA – World’s Last Holdout Of That Amateur, Aristocratic, Sporting Ideal
One of the fun little observations it's possible to make about the Americans is that they're near the last holdout of the aristocratic ideal...
Booze Ain’t Half The Price, Wages Have Doubled
The wowsers over at the Institute for Alcohol (note, this translates as the Institute Against Alcohol) claim that supermarket booze has halved in price...
Germany’s Immigration Problem – Local Charity Food For Locals Only
Milton Friedman, among other people, said, among other things, that you can have free immigration without a welfare state open to all, or you...
How Carillion Came Apart – The Right Way
Much is being made of how Carillion, the outsourcing giant, came apart and rightly so. The thing is it looks like it came apart...
Venezuela’s Petro Cryptocurrency – Assignat Or Rentenmark?
When you've entirely blown up the value of a fiat currency the correct solution is to introduce a new form of money. So, Venezuela...
Starbuck’s 5p Charge For A Cup Isn’t Enough – 25p Isn’t Either
Starbucks is to try charging 5p a throwaway cup to see if that encourages people to reuse their own, or buy one of their...
Solving The Hot Cross Bun Crisis – Eat Fewer Of The Things
The nation is facing a shortage of hot cross buns this year. There is a simple solution to this. We should all eat fewer...
Organ Donation – The Hell With Results, Concentrate On The Feelz
We're really not impressed with this argument about organ donation. Not at all impressed in fact. For the actual argument is that we should...