Kristian Niemietz
Kristian Niemietz is Head of Political Economy at the IEA. He tweets at @K_Niemietz
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
The NHS is not underfunded
Inefficiency, not underfunding, is at the root of its ills
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress