Thatcher Betrayal Myths

By John Rentoul Eagle Eye Wednesday, 10 April 2013 at 4:59 pm I understand if you’ve had enough Thatcher, but the same thing applies to people who think recalling Parliament is excessive or the tribute session too long. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it; and if you don’t want to read any more, go …

Myth: petrol prices go up but never down

By John Rentoul Eagle Eye Monday, 3 June 2013 at 10:20 pm An enjoyable event at the Institute for Economic Affairs: a joint one with Prospect magazine about “Labour and the Cost of Living”. I posted my thoughts on the subject, if it can be called that, here earlier. One sub-subject did come up for which I …

The Six Polling Myths

By John Rentoul Eagle Eye Last updated: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 2:15 pm Andrew Hawkins, chairman of ComRes, pollster for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, gave a presentation at the CIPR pre-conference-season briefing last week, in which he listed the six polling myths about the next election. As I have been a purveyor of most of …

Wealth more equal in UK than in France or Germany

By John Rentoul Eagle Eye Last updated: Tuesday, 22 October 2013 at 11:35 am Figures on the inequality of wealth are harder to come by than those on the inequality of income. I recently commented on a welcome new official series, the Wealth and Assets Survey, which suggested that – contrary to popular myth – there had been no big …

Get me ravening dogs

By John Rentoul Eagle Eye Last updated: Sunday, 5 January 2014 at 10:32 pm David Aaronovitch didn’t believe the report that Kim Jong Un had had his uncle fed to 120 ravening dogs: “Go get me ravening dogs!” “How many, comrade?” “Let me see,” (ponders) “120 should do it.” “How ravening?” “Not so ravening that they …