That New Zealand Treasury Hacking – It Was The Site’s Search Function
We are all aware of what the selling point of technocratic, even social democratic, government is. Put all the bright people into government, give...
Astonishing Surprise! Poor People Are Poor!
Isn't this just a turn up for the books. When the intrepid researchers went to interview the poor people who turned up at food...
Police Complain The Big Tech Is Too Efficient At Discovering And Reporting Child Abuse...
You'll recall how not long ago, mere femtoseconds in fact, the complaint was that Big Tech - the Facebook, Google, Twitters, who the hell...
Well, Yes Mr Chakrabortty. But Why Do You Want Government To Do More?
There's a certain logical dissonance from Aditya Chakrabortty here. He's insistent that Universal Credit is an abomination, a terror, because it's badly administered. And...
But, But, Why Shouldn’t A Single Mother Working Part Time Be In Poverty?
The fascinating thing here is the assumption The Guardian is making. Our situation is that we've a single mother working part time at the...
To Prove Public Choice Economics – MPs Claim Housing Allowances For Adult Children
Public choice economics is seen to be a truism on the free market right and to be a vile calumny on the statist left....
The Problem With Universal Credit – The Usual Government Incompetence
The basic idea behind Universal Credit is a good one - those who receive assistance from the rest of us should face a simple...
Tony Juniper Blames Farmers, Not His Own Bureaucrats At Natural England
Well, obviously, of course he does. Tony Juniper takes office at Natural England. Shooting licences are suspended. Farmers can't go out and shoot pests....
To Solve The Dutch Tourist Problem – Why Not Just Fire The Tourist Board?
A useful little example of why the world progressively gets worse. It is entirely true that government can - even does - at times...
Someone’s Got To Pay The Taxes Even If Labour Councils Don’t Collect From The...
If we're going to have government that swallows a significant portion of everyone's incomes - and some vast chunk like one third of everything...