Pity the middle-aged and the very old
Their personal wellbeing is lower than other age groups’.
How we’re measuring wellbeing
The Office for National Statistics has landed on various metrics. It’s important that we look at them, as well as at GDP.
The intensity of our neutrality towards the European Union
The question is: what sort of neutrality is it?
We trust the EU even less than we trust our own politicians
This distinguishes Britain from most of the rest of Europe.
Our trust in the EU rivals Greece’s
Which is to say, it’s not very high.
The decline of the British pub
Their numbers have declined by 16 per cent since 1999, but they still have some fight left in them.
Falling stock markets don’t always mean falling economies
Often the declines happen outside of periods of recession.
Technology as a crime-fighter – and an accomplice
Thanks to improved security measures, vehicle crime levels are about a fifth of what they were in the 1990s. But will they rise again?
The rising number of tenants who are behind on their rent
A sign of a buoyant rental market? Or of something far worse? And what will happen if their financial burdens increase?
Has a post-Christian era already dawned in Britain?
Christianity is in decline in Britain, but there’s little certainty about how strong it is at the moment.
How oil prices fell below $30 a barrel – and what it means
It’s fine news for consumers, for now. But the news could turn sour.
A year of To The Point
To mark the anniversary, here’s a selection of ten of the 93 posts so far.
How the private sector goes on strike more and less than the public sector
Stoppages in the private sector have exceeded those in the public sector, but the number of working days lost is far smaller.
Bringing the country to a standstill? No. Striking workers stopped doing that years ago.
The number of working days lost to industrial action is 22 times smaller now than in the 1980s.
The rising quantity of special advisers
But it’s their quality that matters more.