One of the more entertaining aspects of the current global financial meltdown is watching Guido Fawkes, aka hedge funder Paul Staines, transform from arch-cynic about all things political to dewy-eyed innocent about all things financial. It isn’t that I’m a capitalist-hating trot who fervantly believes that this current crisis is going to lead to world… Continue reading Crunches, Guido and Seigniorage
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The Littlewood Effect: Why wishful thinking won’t win the argument for tax cuts for the rich
The new ginger group Liberal Vision – which to all intents and purposes appear to be an entryist brand of the libertarian pressure group Progressive Vision – published a pamphlet this week called ‘The Cameron Effect’ (pdf). As regular readers of Guido Fawkes will know by now, this report makes the startling claim that two… Continue reading The Littlewood Effect: Why wishful thinking won’t win the argument for tax cuts for the rich
Avast! How Clegg and Alexander are doing it wrong.
(Cross-posted from here) This article pretty much sums up what is wrong with the party’s communication strategy at the moment. Apart from the fact that it has been published roughly four days too late, it repeats many of the mistakes we witnessed last weekend. Reading it carefully, it is clear what Danny is getting at.… Continue reading Avast! How Clegg and Alexander are doing it wrong.