Wes Streeting’s admission yesterday – that Labor has spending plans that go beyond what it promised in its manifesto – should blow open the doors and prompt a proper investigation into exactly what a Sir Keir Starmer government would do. On television, the shadow health minister admitted that the Labor manifesto is not the party’s … Read more
In one of the most famous psychological experiments of the past thirty years, researchers Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons of Harvard University asked a group of young people, three in black T-shirts and three in white, to pass a basketball around in a small space. Viewers of the subsequent video were told to silently count … Read more
You’re going to tax this. Well, that’s going to tax you. But you have a secret tax bomb. Well, you’ve already got it all figured out, and besides, you’re filthy stinking liars. Apart from the resurrection of St Nigel, I suspect this is the most important takeaway from this week’s general election campaign for about … Read more
It was no coincidence that President Richard Nixon was nicknamed “Tricky Dicky.” His administration in the White House perfected the use of the “non-denial denial” – an answer to a question that at first glance seemed to rule out some action, but on closer inspection left the door open to the possibility or proposal . … Read more
The general election has been called and the respective party leaders are busy defining what it is all about. Should we recognize and cherish a slow recovery or change course to avoid chaos and incompetence? Or from another perspective, should we tether ourselves to the submerged mast of net zero, or focus on fending off … Read more