Tagged: Socialism

Urgh.  The nasty party is coming back.  Socialism, nationalism, populism and killing animals for sport. Let’s start with fox hunting.  I’m neither hare nor there when it comes to the matter.  I understand the pomp and revelry, I also understand that there should be some kind of control of the fox population.  But why on earth there is need to re-instate it as a sport? I understand killing animals for food, or for pest control.  But not for fun.  And that includes fishing. And yes, there will be a free vote on it, so bringing fox hunting back is not …

So Ed Miliband has confirmed that he does want a return to socialism. He intends on bringing in price controls for energy bills, to freeze prices for the first 20 months of a Labour re-election. This is not very clever, except in terms of populist politics in which case it is very clever.  Let me explain both parts. Overall consumers are very unlikely to notice any difference to their total energy bills from now to 2020 whatever government is in charge and whatever policy they may or may not threaten/implement.  If this policy of price controls is implemented (or it …

It appears a lot of Lib Dem activists are vehemently anti-Conservative. If that is the case, then screw them. David Cameron should state that a deal is off and try to form a minority government. Although I am starting to think maybe the best outcome would be for Gordon Brown to form a government, thereby completely screwing things up so those that voted him and Labour can experience properly, the damage that he has done to the country and the economy. And then the Conservatives can come to the rescue in a couple of years time. If that is the …