by Charles Hugh Smith Rather than attempt to evade Caesar’s reach, a better strategy might be to ‘go gray’: blend in, appear average. Let’s start by stipulating that I don’t “like” this forecast. I’m not “talking my book” (for example, promoting nuclear power because I own shares in a uranium mine) or issuing this forecast […] The post Financial Forecast 2025-2032: Please Don’t Be Naive appeared first on Free Life ..read more

by Daniel Jupp 1. The police are political and serve the regime. 2. The media are political and serve the regime. 3. The judges are political and serve the regime. 4. The prosecutors are political and serve the regime. 5. The institutions and watchdog bodies are political and serve the regime. 6. The intelligence agencies […] The post The Elements of Tyranny appeared first on Free Life ..read more

At 10:45am on Monday the 20th August 2023, I was sat at the desk in my teaching room, thinking about what electro-junk to pack for a family holiday in Greece. All of a sudden, I came over queasy. “I don’t feel very well,” I said to Mrs Gabb. “How don’t you feel very well?” she […] The post Death Comes Knocking (but has the wrong address) appeared first on Free Life ..read more

This is the last in a set of six essays. In which, I tell the story behind the anti-car policies, which have so plagued the people of the UK for more than 30 years, and are now intensifying almost day by day. I have tried to make this essay as stand-alone as I can, so […] The post The Back-story behind Anti-Car Policies in the UK, Part Six: Summary and Diagnosis appeared first on Free Life ..read more

Today, I received a reply to my e-mail to Jeremy Hunt MP, dated 29th November last year, regarding “net zero.” Here it is. From: Jeremy Hunt MP Sent: 18 April 2024 16:59 Subject: RE: Nett Zero (Case Ref: JE93132) Dear Neil, Thank you very much for your email and thoughts and I sincerely apologise for […] The post A further exchange with Jeremy Hunt MP on “nett zero” appeared first on Free Life ..read more

This is the fifth of a set of six essays. Together, they will document the back-story behind the anti-car policies, which have plagued the people of the UK, under governments of all parties, for the last 30 years and more. I broke off the previous essay at the end of 2022. Today, I will cover […] The post The Back-story behind Anti-Car Policies in the UK, Part Five: The story of the last 15 months appeared first on Free Life ..read more

This is the fourth (and longest) of a set of six essays. Together, they will document the back-story behind the anti-car policies, which have plagued the people of the UK, under governments of all parties, for the last 30 years and more. At the end of my second essay, I broke off the story at […] The post The Back-story behind Anti-Car Policies in the UK, Part Four: The story from 2009 to 2022 appeared first on Free Life ..read more

This is the third in a set of six planned essays. Together, they will document the back-story behind the anti-car policies, which have plagued the people of the UK, under governments of all parties, for the last 30 years and more. In the first essay, I looked at the most significant air pollution episodes, other […] The post The Back-story behind Anti-Car Policies in the UK, Part Three: The COMEAP Report of 2009 appeared first on Free Life ..read more

This is the second of a set of six planned essays. Together, they will document the back-story behind the anti-car policies, which have plagued the people of the UK, under governments of all parties, for the last 30 years and more. In the first essay, I examined the facts of air pollution. I looked at […] The post The Back-story behind Anti-Car Policies in the UK, Part Two: The story up to 2008 appeared first on Free Life ..read more

By Neil Lock (April 7th, 2024) In the summer of 2017, I did some calculations comparing the social cost of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from cars to the charges to be levied by the then forthcoming London Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). The article is here: [[1]]. I concluded that the […] The post The Back-story behind Anti-Car Policies in the UK, Part One: Air Pollution Episodes appeared first on Free Life ..read more