David Higham
@oldtrotter.bsky.social
Former economist and civil servant. Former (age related) national cycling champion. Still a music fan. Sewn up member of the Zipper Club.
I didn't have Reform playing the populist card in relation to charging for premium car parking at the Trafford Centre. This is simply TC seeking to squeeze some of the consumer surplus out of its customers and nothing to do with "car crime". The TC has 10,000 free car parking spaces.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I didn't have Reform playing the populist card in relation to charging for premium car parking at the Trafford Centre. This is simply TC seeking to squeeze some of the consumer surplus out of its customers and nothing to do with "car crime". The TC has 10,000 free car parking spaces.
The answer to the question posed by Patrick Maguire “what exactly does it mean to rule from the centre left in an age where there is so little money to spend” would be “more or less where we are now”. The tax pledges have undermined this government. But we’re nowhere near the Old Labour of Callaghan
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The answer to the question posed by Patrick Maguire “what exactly does it mean to rule from the centre left in an age where there is so little money to spend” would be “more or less where we are now”. The tax pledges have undermined this government. But we’re nowhere near the Old Labour of Callaghan
A grifter writes
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A grifter writes
Here’s another. Both photos taken at Dunham Massey when they recreated its role as a hospital to mark the centenary of the end of WW1
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Here’s another. Both photos taken at Dunham Massey when they recreated its role as a hospital to mark the centenary of the end of WW1
Less of the "in restropect" The state building more houses would certainly speed up delivery but the state also needs to capture more the increase in land values resulting from the granting of planning permission so that it can also provide cheaper housing.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Less of the "in restropect" The state building more houses would certainly speed up delivery but the state also needs to capture more the increase in land values resulting from the granting of planning permission so that it can also provide cheaper housing.
Which, unfortunately for him, didn’t include my great uncle ☹️ I’ve never been able to find out why he was in America but his uncle had emigrated a few years before. On the pressure to enlist in Britain
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Which, unfortunately for him, didn’t include my great uncle ☹️ I’ve never been able to find out why he was in America but his uncle had emigrated a few years before. On the pressure to enlist in Britain
My great uncle Peter on the left. In America when war broke out, returned to volunteer and was killed in his first battle on the Somme. Interred in a war cemetery in France. The inscription on the family grave in Atherton reads “His country called. He answered”
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My great uncle Peter on the left. In America when war broke out, returned to volunteer and was killed in his first battle on the Somme. Interred in a war cemetery in France. The inscription on the family grave in Atherton reads “His country called. He answered”
And in anticipation of people responding by saying Friedman was an apologist for some awful regimes and used to justify poor economic policies (both true) he was a great economist) As Sam Brittan wrote in his obituary End.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And in anticipation of people responding by saying Friedman was an apologist for some awful regimes and used to justify poor economic policies (both true) he was a great economist) As Sam Brittan wrote in his obituary End.
And is currently proposing to add more red tape as she scrabbles around for revenue from tax changes she hopes most voters won't notice
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And is currently proposing to add more red tape as she scrabbles around for revenue from tax changes she hopes most voters won't notice
Which it clearly did but she might have noticed before the GE, largely reversing the cut to WFP and pledging to maintain the triple lock? If the government are serious about transferring wealth between generations, then they have to look at the taxation of property in a systematic way.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Which it clearly did but she might have noticed before the GE, largely reversing the cut to WFP and pledging to maintain the triple lock? If the government are serious about transferring wealth between generations, then they have to look at the taxation of property in a systematic way.
Telegraph journalist leaning into the Trump narrative. On a point of detail, the BBC is a public service, not a state, broadcaster.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Telegraph journalist leaning into the Trump narrative. On a point of detail, the BBC is a public service, not a state, broadcaster.
We're establishing Great British Railways so that you can continue to use diesel trains.
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We're establishing Great British Railways so that you can continue to use diesel trains.
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle in it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle in it.
Build, baby build might sound great as a sound bite but it's no substitute for serious policy
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Build, baby build might sound great as a sound bite but it's no substitute for serious policy
Who are these people forcing Trump and his entourage to watch the BBC?
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Who are these people forcing Trump and his entourage to watch the BBC?
He doesn't understand insurance and that last line 🤷
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
He doesn't understand insurance and that last line 🤷
One of the few remaining public whipping posts at Great Gate in Staffordshire. Best that Glasman doesn't know it exists 😬
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One of the few remaining public whipping posts at Great Gate in Staffordshire. Best that Glasman doesn't know it exists 😬
See we’re having another day when Labour discover that Johnson’s failure to deliver on the promises in the 2019 Manifesto was the result of something rather more fundamental than the fact that he was an idle chancer.
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
See we’re having another day when Labour discover that Johnson’s failure to deliver on the promises in the 2019 Manifesto was the result of something rather more fundamental than the fact that he was an idle chancer.
From June 2033. Worked out well.
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
From June 2033. Worked out well.
From many, many years ago.
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From many, many years ago.
From five years ago. At the bottom of Swiss Hill which is often used by professionals training for the Tour of Flanders.
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From five years ago. At the bottom of Swiss Hill which is often used by professionals training for the Tour of Flanders.
She's worn out from yesterday 🤷
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
She's worn out from yesterday 🤷