Since the riots in a number of cities across the U.K. this summer, scores of people, mostly men, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms – and quite rightly so: only immediate and severe punishment can act as a deterrent. What I found particularly shocking is the age of some of those hoodlums: the youngest […]
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Divided We Stand: Navigating Political Polarisation
As elections in Britain and the United States are upon us (and all of a sudden also in France), it is time to look at the political landscape and how it has evolved. Once upon a time in the United Kingdom there used to be the Conservatives and the Labour Party – and to a […]
The cost of making your home climate change proof
In a blog entry in December I talked about the push the British government is undertaking as far as the promotion of heat pumps is concerned. A recently published report by the National Audit Office (NAO) shows that the assumptions on consumer demand for heat pumps are ‘optimistic’: Between May 2022 and December 2023 only […]
MP’s Earnings
In the middle of July we learned through the media what our MPs were earning outside their parliamentary roles: They earn on average £233 an hour, which is 17 times the national average wage and 22 times higher than the minimum hourly wage. The highest paid sitting MP was Liz Truss, remember, she’s the Prime […]
The grumpy older man 