The following article was published today in the magazine of Mark's local Association, Blueprint. As I have included with this Blueprint a collection of some of the financial writings and speeches that I have made over the last eighteen months I wanted to write in a more cheerful way about the oppo...

From time to time an almost religious fervour surrounds an idea. A consensus emerges about its importance which relegates to the margins any sensible or open discussion about the issue...

Another week, another set of MPs' expenses scandals. But make no mistake - the revelations surrounding Tony McNulty and Jacqui Smith are only the tip of a much bigger iceberg...