Lord Roberts is man of identity not of sophistry, economics or calculation. Equally, I wonder if the British imperial apologists have not bound up their identity with the idea of a noble Pax Britannica, and I wonder if that isn’t a misreading of the historical record.
The colonisers built too few waterways because they would not be of importance to British businesspeople: they would be of importance only to ordinary Indians, in whom the British were insufficiently invested.
The EU will not disappear: it will always be our closest and largest trading partner, so we will always have to negotiate with it. The easiest way of negotiating with the EU is as a leader from within rather than as a supplicant from outside.
If we want to get re-elected sooner rather than later, we should absorb the facts rather than the myths of 1979.
They don’t alleviate hunger. It’s mainly middle-class children whose scores improve. And the benefits flow from the socialising, not the food.
These laureates have not actually explained innovation-driven economic growth, nor have they credibly integrated technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.