Not So Flaming Junes (Except 2023)
We could be seeing an unusual event in the UK this year. June could be the warmest month of the
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June 2023: UK was Hottest in the West
Shortly after I hit “publish” yesterday, the Met Office did the same. Their analysis of the UK temperatures this June
Continue readingWas 2023’s really the hottest UK June ever?
Once again the Met Office jumped the gun and declared, with several days still to go, that the UK will
Continue readingProductivity and the Minimum Wage
Productivity is a function not only of the qualities of individual workers but also of how they are organised. Subsidising
Continue readingLong, Hot Summers: 2022, 1666 and all that
I compare summers in the Central England Temperature (CET) record in three ways: “High Summer” (July and August), Meteorological Summer
Continue readingNot Our Job to Prevent Recession (1): Bank of England
The Bank of England’s inflation mandate virtually guarantees recessions as higher interest rates repeatedly puncture house-price booms. What are higher
Continue readingUK Energy Prices: Are We Dodging the Bullet?
The UK has been hit with an unexpected bill for energy of the order of £100bn. This is a one-off,
Continue readingHigh Summer 2022: Second Hottest since at least 1659
It puzzles me slightly that there is so much focus on the “meteorological summer” – June, July and August. June
Continue readingUK Summer 2022: Mean Temperature was Hot, but not THAT Hot
The Met Office has announced that summer 2022 was, with 2018, the joint hottest in England on record. Wanstead Meteo
Continue readingOn Inflation
Because inflation is affected by delays in the economic system, it is cumulative and persistent. To minimise the depth of
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