JP Floru: The call for ‘Covid Marshals’ shows that ministers are losing their grip on the nation

That Boris Johnson feels the need to mobilise civilian enforcers is clear evidence that a second harsh lockdown does not command popular support.

JP Floru: Rent controls have never worked, ever

Labour will create an acute, artificial shortage of rental accommodation and a privileged class of subsidised tenants.

JP Floru: Is Angela Merkel the soundest voice in Europe?

J P Floru is a Westminster councillor and Head of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. Follow J P on… Read more »

Privatise the Biased Broadcasting Corporation

J P Floru is a Westminster councillor and Head of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. Follow J P on… Read more »

Where do the stones come from, Lord Heseltine?

By JP Floru. Lord Heseltine proposes to shift £49 billion from national to local government to encourage investment and growth.  His… Read more »

J P Floru: Bienvenue aux réfugiés Français du socialisme!

Lettre ouverte aux Français – Open letter to the French (translation below) Le message de bienvenue du Premier Ministre Britannique… Read more »

JP Floru: State queues? Privatise the lot!

By JP Floru. When the state runs a queue, it goes wrong – and queues are inherent to state monopolies…. Read more »

JP Floru: Rationing is the result of our communist water policy

By JP Floru. Did you know that only about 39% of households in England and Wales have a water meter?… Read more »

JP Floru: Our craving for pasties shows our hunger for growth

By JP Floru. It has nothing to do with Cameron riding horses or Osborne being the 18th Baronet of Ballintaylor… Read more »

JP Floru: We should gold-strip EU legislation retrospectively

By JP Floru. More than one year ago Business Secretary Vince Cable announced an end to the practice of “gold-plating”… Read more »

J P Floru: Governments are too ignorant to decide pay

The idea that government are competent enough to decide who deserves to be well-paid, and who doesn’t, is a prime… Read more »

JP Floru: Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong-Il: A tale of two systems

JP Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. The left’s most common defence is that “real communism was… Read more »

JP Floru: Middle England is fed up with tax, redistribution, and welfare, survey shows

JP Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. When money is short reality kicks in.  A few years… Read more »

J P Floru: Income inequality is desirable

J P Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. In the Pantheon of Socialist Fallacies, income inequality features… Read more »

JP Floru: Diageo stops hiring: 50p flight is real

JP Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. Diageo, the world’s largest spirit maker, has announced that… Read more »