The shut-down of Britain by the recent snow falls has got the right-wing tabloids screaming about the poor response by central and local government. These are the same newspapers that would normally be screaming for tax cuts. Here is a case of cognitive dissonance.

I raise the question because Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has gone off to Zurich with Prince William, second in line to the throne, and the football player David Beckham, to campaign for Britain to be selected as the venue for the World Cup in 2018. I find this worrying on several counts. Why is it that British politicians want these events to be held in Britain? It is most definitely...

Petition against the sale of Britain’s forests.http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/save-our-forests#petition If Britain had substantial LVT and a Right of Public Access, there would be little need to be concerned about this. But once land is sold off, the Private Keep Out signs quickly go up and in any case forestry land is a nice tax dodge.

Newsflash. Dodgy Dossier has just received a report that the government will come under fire over its plans to end inheritance.     Peers threaten revolt on plans to scrap council house inheritance “We could be next,” claims spokesman.

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Later this week comes the budget and its much-trailed cuts. There has, sadly, been little discussion in this particular connection of what government is actually FOR. This is strange because in a more general way the subject is hotly contested, with a strong argument being put forward that governments are entirely unnecessary.