Fortunately, the promises of AI are about as realistic as programable central bank digital currencies… and for much the same reason

In the modern world, hubris might be equated with our belief in the religion of progress

At least “drill-baby-drill” demonstrates some understanding that energy is, and always was, the driver of economic growth.

Even if Britain’s households managed to find some cheer over Christmas, for most, 2025 will be welcomed with trepidation.

More cerebral commentators at least acknowledge that the British disease goes back much further than October’s budget or even the election of Boris Johnson.

In the early-2010s there was a perverse repeat of the oil boom of the post-war years.

Within a democracy there is no coalition of “minorities” which can provide a path to victory.

Britain, to paraphrase John McCain, is a tax haven masquerading as a country

Without major changes to our way of life, net zero electricity rationing is inevitable.

Was it calculated evil or “just” stupidity? That is a question left hanging by the historians, and it is left to the reader to draw a conclusion…