A few years ago I proposed Chadwick’s laws of Government: I was working for a DWP quango in 2010, and sitting on the commercial board of DWP. It was the age of austerity, and Osborne proposed huge cuts to Government to free up money for tax. I would be the first to admit that Government … Read more
Musk and Trump: DOGE, Debt, and DefaultThe Department of Government Efficiency goes inefficiently bust. The last 48 hours have been historic—and not in a good way. Elon Musk has left the Trump administration with a black eye and a fresh dose of chaos. The official line is that he “tripped on something,” but given the … Read more
How easy is it to cut the size of Government? The original strapline for my blog right at the start was “small business is good, big government is bad”. Part of my dislike of big government comes from my own experiences as a Civil Servant. This gave rise to Chadwick’s laws of public finance and … Read more