I was reading Hayek's 'Road to Serfdom' on the train this morning.
A man tapped me on the shoulder and said 'great book, 10/10, inspiring'.
Not quite the whole carriage cheering, but we'll get there...
Jésus Armas is a voice for freedom and democracy in Venezuela, and a former IEA intern.
Last night he was arbitrarily detained by six masked agents and is believed to be in famous torture prison El Helicoide.
We have written to the Foreign Sec asking the British Government to intervene.
More community policing is welcome. It reduces crime and makes people feel safer.
However, there's a fundamental issue at the heart of law and order in the UK - where do you put the criminals once they're caught?
Yet another thing that doesn't work because of planning.
I wrote for ConHome 👇
Countercounterpoint: yes
God speed to them
The ex-Home Office SpAd in me feels very seen
There are no teams in the Premier League it has been worse to support over the last 30 years than Everton.
Never done well, but never done so badly to give a fun promotion season or underdog cup run either.
Always somewhere between disappointment and narrowly avoiding disaster.
I'm in favour of legalising assisted dying. With all of the appropriate safeguards, individuals should be able to make this decision - not the state.
But the liberal case can cut both ways.
insider.iea.org.uk/p/assisted-d...
I asked our Labour market expert about the DWP's plan to 'Get Britain Working'
His reaction: 🤷♂️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk1O...
It's an interesting barometer to see what is getting 'cut through' on the other side of the pond
What's weirder, how often Elon Musk tweets about UK politics, or how excited everybody gets when he does?
We discussed the great Twitter/X vs Bluesky debate on the IEA podcast this week (among other things)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ld...
Just found a new hill to die on
In brief, better than I'd been led to expect
Productive month if you ask me
Welcome, comrade
I've been persuaded to give this a go...
