
We were a little taken aback this week to see that Russell Brand came 4th in Prospect Magazine’s list of top world thinkers. The revelation took some getting over, and quite a bit of anaesthetic, so today’s missive is several
by Dominic Frisby29 Mar 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

This week we are moved to ignore the news – which we have done our best to follow without throwing things at the television – take a large step back and consider a question which has been bugging us. Why is it
by Dominic Frisby12 Mar 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

And so today we are moved to say the unsayable. We suggest that the NHS, the institution that, according to Nye Bevan, gave us ‘the moral leadership of the world’, is not working. And we go further. We suggest that
by Dominic Frisby6 Mar 2015, 3:10 AM PST0

Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 25 years, the Bank of England announced this week. There is even the risk of ‘negative inflation’ in the months ahead. In today’s missive, we attempt to pull the wool back from
by Dominic Frisby19 Feb 2015, 7:26 AM PST0

In last week’s missive we described the policy widely employed by governments of both left and right known as ‘kicking the can’. Today, as promised, with the European Central Bank having just announced €1.1 trillion of it, we consider one
by Dominic Frisby12 Feb 2015, 2:48 AM PST0

Yesterday a tweet of mine got 270 re-tweets; a personal record. I’m not one of these celebs who wake up, feel a bit groggy, tweet, “Ugh, mornings, they’re a bit crap, aren’t they?’ and get 35,672 retweets. As a lowly
by Dominic Frisby7 Feb 2015, 1:49 AM PST0

About 15 years ago, I was giving a speech at my father’s 65th birthday party. There were seventy or eighty people at the dinner and, as my Dad is a playwright, most of them were theatricals. I’m a comedian, it
by Dominic Frisby30 Jan 2015, 2:40 AM PST0

House prices rose by almost 8 percent last year, the Halifax announced earlier today. Nationwide has the rises at 7.2 percent. Both agree that the market has slowed in recent months, but the Halifax is still predicting rises of 3-5
by Dominic Frisby9 Jan 2015, 1:33 AM PST0

Most of us have 20/20 hindsight, but as I stare into the New Year I find myself blessed with 20/20 foresight. Today, in this season of goodwill, I share my vision with you and state, with utter certainty, that which
by Dominic Frisby4 Jan 2015, 2:26 AM PST0