IS THERE GOLD IN THEM THERE MOUNTAINS OF DEBT? Immediately following the Queen’s speech our two intrepid heroes set off on their quest to find growth – the vital ingredient necessary for a successful and prosperous economy. Growth, it is said, is the missing link between bankruptcy and prosperity. It had not been seen or heard of for ten years or so, and the people’s patience...

We are sorry to report the death of one of our most loyal supporters, Ben Rae.

A new report from a leading animal wellfare organisation has shown that the introduction of LVT would lead to the death of millions of kittens.

Our sleuth, who works for a firm of contract cleaners, has now got micro-sized tape recorders in pretty well all the places where government ministers are likely to meet. We will not reveal how this is done as it is so absurdly easy. They are checked regularly and although most of what they pick up is crushingly boring, once in a while a real gem turns up, like this little conversation here. –...

Yesterday, we blacked-out the LVTC web site in part of the world-wide action in support of freedom of the web, which is threatened by proposals for legislation in the USA. These restrictions are being put forward by the big commercial outfits in the mass entertainment and communications industry, anxious to maintain their profits. But knowledge, like land, is the property of the entire human race...

I was having a conversation recently with a neighbour who runs a small business and employs a couple of staff. I pointed out that she, as employer, actually pays the taxes, because the employees would be happy to work for whatever their take-home pay happens to be. I explained that for every  £1 a worker receives in take-home pay, the employer has to pay over 80p to the government. And that has...

Last May, with town centre vacancy rates doubling in the space of two years, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister asked retailing expert Mary Portas to look into how we can create more prosperous and diverse high streets. Her report is published today by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, together with a supplementary document with the title Understanding High Street Performance,...

Take her best and walk away Someone else can bloody pay This land will cope with come what may and I have expectation! Take her best and leave the rest For as with Abel, I am blessed And now with debt I cannot wait another day I have your ear for sympathy? The public good sounds good to me and now my work of love is done I hope with offer, you have come Within each famine nests a feast While...

The riots in British cities have been followed, predictably, by a riot of comments. The emergency parliamentary debate produced nothing of value, but then how could it have done? People have tended to pick an explanation that fits their point of view. There is almost bound to be some truth in what they say because the causes are so complex and have so many dimensions to them. Widening inequality...

There was an old womanWho banked with the Euro.She had so little moneyShe didn’t know how toPay her billsAnd feed her children. She was up to her neckIn millions of debt.She was strapped for cash andHer economy?Trash!