Bricks, Mortar and Modules: The Housebuilding Headache
The government has finally discovered the magic of free energy from the sky. After years of dithering, energy bill chaos, and enough policy U-turns to give a satnav…
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What a surprise — Brits are none too eager to kill and get killed
Nearly 40 per cent of the British public now expects the country to be drawn into a military conflict within the next five years, according to a recent…
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A Stiff Upper Lip at the Pump – Keep Calm and Watch the Petrol Price
For a nation that prides itself on keeping a stiff upper lip, nothing sharpens the mind quite like the prospect of a sudden spike in the weekly shop…
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The government to defend virtually extinct British steel
The government has stated that it will raise tariffs on imported steel and lower the current quota by design, to protect the domestic industry from failure. London now…
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Miliband’s Magic Money Tree Gets Another Shake as Fuel Prices Go Ballistic
The government now faces the full consequences of its energy policy. Global disruption has pushed oil past one hundred dollars per barrel and lifted wholesale gas by more…
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A Coal Miner’s Lament: “They keep digging up my past”
The British miner, not the one with Bitcoin rigs, the other one. A figure so steeped in nostalgia, so lovingly preserved in sepia-toned documentary footage and the lyrics…
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Triumph of the Tin Can: How We Proved a £100m Jet Can Kill a Drone Made in a Shed
So, the RAF’s flashy new F-35B has finally drawn blood. On March 6th, over the dusty expanse of Jordan, a British pilot in a £100-million stealth jet blew…
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