Tim Worstall

Well, then he wouldn’t be Spud but there we are: The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its key interest rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011, while warning of further hikes.

New York Times exec ‘murdered by elderly in-laws’ Witness claims couple, both 77, took turns to shoot Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in California car park No, not shooting the son in law, shooting NYT executives.

The frenzy becomes less surprising once we understand the way in which liberalism is under pressure, and how that pressure predisposes the saner political forces to look like freedom’s foes.

Far-right marches led by the self-styled “Danny Tommo” should not be treated like normal protests, the communities secretary, Angela Rayner, has said, calling the marches “intimidation” that should not be permitted.

To illustrate a piece asbout where all the hunky Englishmen are: No, really: The hunk shortage: where are England’s handsomest men hiding?

Why should money earn interest simply because somebody owns it?

The vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas of England rated as having a moderate to very high risk of drought.

Sadiq Khan’s LTNs made me flee Britain, says millionaire philanthropist Not a reason I’d choose – or did choose – to leave but fair enough.

Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL) has said it will invest around £43m in the new lithium extraction facility.

The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans, as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands.

Ooooh, yes, we can, for we can see the incentive therefore we can predict the outcome: Young people whose complex disabilities mean they have little prospect of getting a paid job should get fast-track access to disability benefits, an official review of…

Amazon’s Ring wants to replace local WhatsApp groups.

Poland is racing ahead with military spending – but will it help or damage its economic growth story?

Man who uses AI to write his own claimed output states that AI has no use.

Earth microbes survive simulated conditions of Saturn moon’s ocean Experiment suggests organisms could live in harsh environment under Enceladus’s icy crust, strengthening possibility moon could support life OK, yes, an interesting question that we’re hap…

Of course you can be English if you’re not white.

The secrets of thousands of online casinos have been laid bare in a vast leak of data that could have seismic consequences for offshore gambling firms, including some accused of illegally targeting consumers around the world.

Government interest payments become somebody else’s income.

His argument is straightforward.

The number of reported assaults on Great Britain’s railways has risen by a fifth to a record high of almost 25,000 incidents in a year.

Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.

It was the left that retheorized family and marriage, reshaping the age-old institutions into ones that could better accommodate gay relationships and women’s equality.

The US district judge Edward Davila wrote in court filings that her shortened sentence did not diminish the weight of her fraudulent behavior.

Sure, he’s not falling off paddleboards any longer, but instead he’s fallen for the latest populist bung – an increase in the personal allowance.

Workers in Britain and the United States are getting a smaller share of national income than they did decades ago.

The first and perhaps most important thing to understand about markets is that they do not occur naturally.

As the economist Mariana Mazzucato told me, 80% of British finance now flows back into finance, insurance and real estate.

The EU is going to fine Google, isn’t it?

As any novel by Blakemore will be, it’s dazzlingly rich in lexical glamour, and this is likely to be any reader’s lasting impression of the book.

I’ve spent my working life covering neglected issues.

but more significantly, London’s reputation has not recovered since the 2008 financial crisis, which required far bigger bailouts in this country than elsewhere, indicating the scale to which UK finance failed.

The restoration of a Georgian building in Bath once frequented by Jane Austen has unexpectedly provided a tantalising glimpse into the life of the city’s Roman suburbanites.

Ninety per cent of the enslaved Africans transported to America went on British ships, Comparatively few slaves went to America (here meaning “what would become the US”) anyway.

The El Niño currently heating up the planet burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon on Monday, several months before its expected peak.

And we’ll show you the outcome: British mothers who bring their children with them when returning to the UK after fleeing from domestic abuse abroad – which can lead to them being accused of abduction – could be given greater legal protection and support.

“It takes a rare fiscal incontinence to both have the highest tax take in history and see borrowing still shoot up.”

The lawsuit was filed against Tesla in February 2022 and alleges that the company did not comply with the law, violating California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

At first, Combs and his legal team issued blanket denials.

That distinction matters because it changes how we think about profit.

In all this, there is a personal challenge.

Thin end of the wedge stuff: Specialist courtrooms prioritising cases of rape and other serious sex offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, with campaigners welcoming the move as potentially transformative.

An extra 2.7 million lives could be saved in the next pandemic if countries share vaccines in a less selfish way, a new study has found – although the death toll in richer countries would rise.

Labour is considering raising capital gains tax (CGT) to fund a £20bn handout for the lowest earners.

Apparently the IPCC has some Saudis in it.

says Dr Kari De Pryck, a political scientist at the University of Geneva, who is an expert in the organisation’s governance.

The average Londoner pays £5,000 more in tax than the services they receive.

Though UK farmers produce sufficient quantities of staple foods such as meat, milk, eggs and wheat to meet most domestic demand, the country relies heavily on overseas growers for vegetables and fruit – imported fruit makes up more than 80% of supply.

Reparations campaigners believe that the harmful legacies of slavery persist in economic underdevelopment, poor health among the African diaspora, and contemporary racism against black people.

To have introduced such economically demented measures simply for political expediency is totally unforgivable.

Young people who drop out of education and work should be tracked through a single data system to ensure they do not fall through the cracks in state provision, the former cabinet minister Alan Milburn will recommend.