What confuses is why this is a surprise for anyone: Britain’s net zero drive has made families poorer, according to new research that contradicts Rachel Reeves’s claim that there is no trade-off between economic growth and decarbonisation.

We are against this idea: Under discussion is a new UN tax convention that may permit states to tax economic activity where it actually occurs, rather than allowing multinationals to shift profits to tax havens.

We are, of course, supposed to react in horror to this factoid as presented: These days burger giant McDonald’s – surely the country’s most famous export – contributes as much to America’s GDP as the entire state of Rhode Island.

It’s possible that a booming Net Zero economy is actually a bad idea in fact: The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.

As we’ve noted before it’s technically possible to solve climate change in a manner wholly different from the way it is being attempted. It is possible, as Porsche is showing, to make petrol from air and water.

‘Tis a pity when headline writers for a major newspaper don’t manage to grasp the most basic issues: Starmer’s cuts are a huge mistake – foreign aid is an investment, not an expense

We do learn things: Giving up two doner kebabs’ worth of meat a week

Another of those complaints about how we’ve got to do something because no one is having children any more:

You’d think that the vast range of activities put on for new parents would coincide with a boom in births.

The claim was that there would be equity investment in things that would make a lovely profit, thereby making both the country and the taxpayer richer:

An interesting and useful economic point made in The Observer (of all places): According to official figures, factory output accounts for 8.2% of national income, or gross domestic product (GDP), down from about 30% in 1970, indicating the diminishing role manufacturing plays in the UK economy.

Given that we are all Motoserristas these days, on the hunt for what government should no longer do and thereby increasing the fructification in the pockets of the populace, useful to find that the Arts Council is not fit for function:

Much pondering going on over how to revive the London stock markets. Perhaps we should force public pensions funds to buy UK shares?