If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet. Taxman! Beatles 1966

In striving to understand how the economy really works as against the ridiculous fairy stories we are told to dutifully swallow, I have had to give up some cherished sacred cows which are tied in with my outrage against a government which is causing so many people hideous pain and suffering and driving many to […]

So long tax payers and thanks for all your cash

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,502 Monday 25 July 2016. Dear Mrs May, The privatisation of, er, well, everything, reminds me of Douglas Adams’ title of the fourth book in his ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ trilogy, ‘So long and thanks for all the fish’… So long tax payers and thanks for […]

The death of the state, mission critical says Osborne, blame the cat

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,310 Saturday 09 January 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Warning of hard times to come, George Osborne is apparently claiming that the British economy could face a sharp decline this year and that it is now mission critical. In his speech in Cardiff he said, “I worry about […]

The great state privatisation scam

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,233 Saturday 17 October 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, There two basic types of privatisation, The first is the standard business model, for example, Royal Mail, which operates by selling a product to the public at the point of use. The second type of privatisation is contracting out […]

Retrospective ownership established for the fruits of robbery for thieves

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,230 Wednesday 14 October 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Sing a song of sixpence: Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Oh wasn’t that a dainty dish […]

George Osborne’s long term economic plan is short term asset stripping

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,108 Saturday 06 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, George Osborne’s long term economic plan is to asset strip the nation, selling off our national shares and assets leaving us with nothing for the future. Let’s just check the national debt that the £1.5 billion that Royal Mail […]