When the referendum result was announced a storm of fury swept across social media. Many of my generation were screaming betrayal. It seemed as if they thought the world had just ended. Likewise, we were told of anger from European leaders, that Britain would be vilified and punished (though it now looks as if cool headed German pragmatism will win the day). But, as for the people they are supposed to represent, the view from across the channel seems very different indeed.    Continue reading

Jamie Oliver’s wonky views on sugar tax have no place in a free society. You might respond to me by saying something like “Chris, you’ve clearly had it in for Jamie Oliver since inferior service at Jamie’s Italian ruined your cousin’s birthday lunch.” In that case, I’m afraid you’d be wrong, I opposed Mr Oliver’s Sugar Tax campaign long before the service at Jamie’s Italian in Greenwich ruined a family meal for my cousin’s birthday, last December. Continue reading

The Problem  Despite UK demographics and trends clearly signaling the need for more care home beds the reality is that:  Many more care homes are closing;  Fewer new care homes are being built; and There is a growing net annual loss of care home beds.  That means there is increasing NHS bed blocking, NHS costs and cancelled operations, not to mention that we are not providing as well as we should for the elderly in our society. Continue reading

Grammar schools.  Theresa May only announced the repeal on the ban on new grammar schools over the weekend, and the left-wing parties have started bouncing up and down immediately to shout about how these will fuel social inequality. Continue reading

Whenever the Department for International Development is given public attention, it is usually for sending our hard-earned taxpayers’ money abroad to foreign dictators, instead of to those who genuinely need it – the poorest and most vulnerable in the world. Many people also rightly argue that charity should start at home because – whilst poverty has been massively reduced as a result of free market capitalism – we still have some who need desperately need our help in our own country. Another thing highlighted is the ridiculous £45 million spent on the department staff’s bonuses over a five-year period.  Continue reading