I was reading Hayek's 'Road to Serfdom' on the train this morning.

A man tapped me on the shoulder and said 'great book, 10/10, inspiring'.

Not quite the whole carriage cheering, but we'll get there...

Westminster Wonk Abducted in Venezuela for Opposition Campaign A former Institute of Economic Affairs wonk has been abducted in socialist Venezuala for campaigning for democracy. Jesús Armas was working at the IEA in

Jésus Armas is a voice for freedom and democracy in Venezuela, and a former IEA intern.

Last night he was arbitrarily detained by six masked agents and is believed to be in famous torture prison El Helicoide.

We have written to the Foreign Sec asking the British Government to intervene.

Starmer's Vision, Police Crisis & Immigration Chaos | IEA Podcast YouTube video by Institute of Economic Affairs

Picking over The Great Reset on the IEA pod

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4OL...

Callum Price: The Government is right to focus on community policing, but it's not the whole answer | Conservative Home The problem at the heart of the government’s plan is all too familiar. It does the headline grabbing stuff around the edges, but risks shying away from the necessary but difficult fundamental reforms ...

More community policing is welcome. It reduces crime and makes people feel safer.

However, there's a fundamental issue at the heart of law and order in the UK - where do you put the criminals once they're caught?

Yet another thing that doesn't work because of planning.

I wrote for ConHome 👇

Countercounterpoint: yes

God speed to them

The ex-Home Office SpAd in me feels very seen

There are no teams in the Premier League it has been worse to support over the last 30 years than Everton.

Never done well, but never done so badly to give a fun promotion season or underdog cup run either.

Always somewhere between disappointment and narrowly avoiding disaster.

Assisted dying - for and against The classical liberal case on either side of the debate.

I'm in favour of legalising assisted dying. With all of the appropriate safeguards, individuals should be able to make this decision - not the state.

But the liberal case can cut both ways.

insider.iea.org.uk/p/assisted-d...

Welfare State Breakdown: Getting Britain Back to Work | IEA Podcast YouTube video by Institute of Economic Affairs

I asked our Labour market expert about the DWP's plan to 'Get Britain Working'

His reaction: 🤷‍♂️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk1O...

It's an interesting barometer to see what is getting 'cut through' on the other side of the pond

What's weirder, how often Elon Musk tweets about UK politics, or how excited everybody gets when he does?

Will Inheritance Tax Kill Family Farming? Free Speech & X vs Blue Sky | IEA Podcast YouTube video by Institute of Economic Affairs

We discussed the great Twitter/X vs Bluesky debate on the IEA podcast this week (among other things)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ld...

Just found a new hill to die on

In brief, better than I'd been led to expect

Productive month if you ask me

Welcome, comrade

I've been persuaded to give this a go...