I see from the trade press that transport minister Norman Baker has once again been expressing puzzlement over the fact that motoring costs have generally fallen in real terms over recent years, whilst bus fares have generally risen by more than inflation. Since this is fairly fundamental to his considerations of future policy as a [...]

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The esteemed Professor Peter Hennessy, the modern and constitutional historian, knows a thing or two about Government and public policy-making. He’s quoted in today’s Financial Times as saying that members of the political class reach the top not by evidence-based policy “but by mobilising prejudice more effectively than the competition.” As the FT’s own fascinating [...]

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It’s always rather amusing to read an article which argues with a case you have made, only to find that the person is arguing with something he thinks you said rather than what you actually said. It’s also occasionally frustrating, because it becomes quite clear that the people doing the arguing have either not read [...]

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