Always Too Late [1]

The recent protests by students over tuition fees is an example of how the public are always too late to complain. When football clubs floated on the stock market, fans jumped for joy at the prospect of more money for the club. Now they complain about foreign owners and over-paid players. When the banks were …

University Tuition Fees [1]

The attitude of the Labour party to the rise in tuition fees is arrogant duplicity of the first order: it was Labour that introduced the University of Bums on Seats and the consequent tuition fees. And they ruined the economy (2010 debt interest will be £43bn). Students should be attacking Labour, not the Lib Dems. …

Everyone is entitled to their opinion [1]

This principle excuses people from thinking, which leads to bad government, bad decisions, and ruined lives. Unsupported opinions and beliefs are accepted by the majority when they are won-over by a good orator, or by someone who has previously gained their respect. Every time a politician (professional or amateur) expresses a view, someone should say …

Recession [1]

Who should apologise for the economic mess? Democracy is not just a right, it is also a responsibility; your right to vote entails your responsibility to understand what you are voting for. The voters who have elected profligate governments owe an apology to this generation’s children and grandchildren for the debt and diminished opportunity that …

House of Lords reform [1]

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson Democracy is necessary for a well-functioning society, but it is not sufficient. Would you elect your surgeon or a structural engineer from a bunch of untrained, inexperienced candidates? The second chamber could (and often does) provide what the first …

Important decisions [1]

The fundamental principle of both science and engineering is logical reasoning. These disciplines advance faster and more reliably than other areas of human endeavour. Indeed, when errors are made it is always because the reasoning was flawed. Consequently all important decision making, including politics, should employ this principle above all. See Why is logic relevant …