My latest Substack tries to take a step back from the chatter around the next budget, and look at the fundamentals of fiscal policy, which the current debate muddles. I suggest that a bolder approach to tax reform might present a stronger narrative than the desperate scramble to comply with self-imposed fiscal rules. Perhaps personnel changes at the Treasury and the Prime Minister’s office will aid this?
Author: Matthew
Ukraine: dancing around the Donald
Here is my latest Substack: link. I consider the latest moves to achieve peace in Ukraine. Alas I’m not hopeful. The main game is to try and avoid the blame when the process collapses.
Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana on manoeuvres
My latest Substack, just posted, considering the efforts to turbo-charge the populist left. Alas I failed to make anything out of the fact that the two protagonists’ first names both start with Z.
One good thing and two bad things about the government’s welfare fiasco
My most recent Substack is now a little old but as salient as when written. Labour backbenchers were doing their job but have exposed the government’s lack of strategy.
Three courageous things liberals should do
In my previous Substack I suggested that the demographic crunch was the dominant issue of our time (leaving aside world security…). I bewailed a lack of courage amongst our politicians. What if they did have courage. My next Substack explores.
Demography, not productivity, is the issue of our time
My latest Substack past, here, has seen more engagement than anything I have posted recently. It’s impossible to guess what will evince a reaction, and what a yawn!
These theme may be a familiar one to my regular readers, but I seem to have presented it in a more engaging way.
How to fix public services
My latest Substack post is here
I regard this topic as central to any successful progress in the political economy. But it requires a rethinking of what is required across departmental horizons – which reminds me of highly successful trends in business management in the 1990s.
Labour’s immigration policy
Here is my latest Substack published last week. The government pleases nobody as it confronts one of the central themes of British politics.
In Britain the anti-establishment tide rises
My latest piece published on Substack is here.
It covers the British political landscape following last week’s local and other elections.
Is Trump’s Ukraine Plan too easy on Russia?
Here is my latest thinking on this subject, posted on Substack.
My answer to that question in the title is no – which is why Russia is unlikely to accept it.
I will publicise future blogs here through a link to my Substack account, which I find easier to use.
Matthew