David Alexander was a senior adviser to John Howard's government in Australia and is a former economics editor of the Canberra Times who is now resident in the United Kingdom. A little snippet of news in The Times £ a week ago should set alarm bells ringing – a suggestion that taxes on general insurance […]
David Alexander was a senior adviser to John Howard's government in Australia and is now resident in the United Kingdom. With the Labour Party having suffered a massive swing against them, the only hope of Gordon Brown retaining government is to offer the Liberal Democrats major electoral reform. Nick Clegg will be very tempted to […]
David Alexander was a senior adviser to the former Australian Treasurer [Chancellor] Peter Costello and is now resident in the United Kingdom. One of the more improbable friendships of recent years has been that of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the former Treasurer of Australia Peter Costello. Their friendship developed through their long stints […]
David Alexander was a senior adviser to John Howard's government in Australia and is a former economics editor of the Canberra Times who is now resident in the United Kingdom. PJ O’Rourke once famously recommended the circumcision approach to public spending: you can cut 10 per cent off the top of anything and not affect […]