Rearranging the Deckchairs on the Bobby – “British FBI”, a new police agency
The British government has announced with considerable fanfare a plan to create a new police agency, already being branded as a “British FBI,” which it claims will tackle…
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Investigations Link Russian and Iranian Oil to Diesel Supplies for Ukraine via Offshore Trading Network
Investigative reporting by Romanian, Ukrainian, and international journalists has identified a growing role for Russian-origin oil in diesel fuel supplies to Ukraine, routed through complex offshore trading structures…
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Data centre mania will not create jobs and will certainly harm the economy overall
In a striking victory for economic planning, the continent has now singled out the single guaranteed source of future wealth – enormous warehouses packed with electricity hungry computers.…
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Take Your Pills, Polish Your Medals, and Storm That Hill – Doctor’s Orders
Britain’s defence needs a bit of a top-up. Not with cash, mind you—goodness no, that’s far too straightforward—but with our most precious national resource: the over-55s. In a…
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Silence Is Golden, But It’s Being Gilded By The State
Recent analyses of policing data have revealed a profoundly troubling development for a nation with such a deep-seated tradition of civil liberty. The United Kingdom now arrests more…
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The Less the Merrier: Britain’s Talent Vacuum Now Open for Business
If the aim was to slam the doors shut, one must grudgingly admit the current government has been rather effective. The latest figures from the Home Office paint…
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Blind Spots and Bad Bets: The Lords’ Verdict on a Trillion-Pound Shadow
A committee of peers has just finished looking into the UK’s booming private credit market—a sprawling, complex world where loans are made outside of traditional banks. What they…
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