Monthly Archives: May 2015

Mark Carney’s Latest Pontification About Immigration And The UK Economy

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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has a new ‘spring in his step’ and he is back on the pontification trail.

There is no question that he speaks eloquently, and he is quite handsome to boot, but his record, to date, of being a forecaster of economic trends in the UK has been pretty abysmal.

The most recent and notable ‘gaffe’ was to predict that the trigger for an interest rate rise was when unemployment reached 7% and this was 18 months ago. In reality unemployment reached well below 7% within 4 months and he had to backtrack on this – smartly. Continue reading →

A Victory For The UK That Can Now Fly free

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A victory for the ‘Great British Electorate’ who can be trusted to see through soundbites and discern between reality and rhetoric
A victory for anyone who abhors class war
A victory for the quiet and dignified electoral guru Lynton Crosby and his ability to extol the virtues of the Tory Party in a simple message
A victory for David Cameron and George Osborne whose dignity and stewardship is unsurpassed
A victory for the capital markets and the property market
A victory for all those aspiring people of all social strata who want to improve themselves in life and are not dependent on the ‘nanny state’. Continue reading →