Zack Polanski has been challenged to a long-form debate on economics by one of the libertarian right’s leading UK thinkers. Get the popcorn – unless Zack’s too nervous?
Guido revealed yesterday that Polanski – who bloviates about his willingness to debate his ‘ideas’ – had chickened out of a long debate on the Diary of a CEO podcast hosted by Steven Bartlett. Who does that…
Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, has formally challenged the Green Party leader to a public debate. Guido agrees to platform this…
Snowdon recently published a blistering excoriation of Polanski’s economic ‘theory’ and now lays down the gauntlet:
“I relish the prospect of debating Mr Polanski’s fantasy economics in a public forum. Will he accept or is he too #rattled?”
He is due to appear on Laura Kuenssberg’s show on Sunday. This doesn’t count because there is zero actual scrutiny of anyone’s ideas on these shows, they are an excuse to spit out political lines…
If Polanski had any confidence in his radical proposals he would debate them instead of running scared. What’s wrong, Zack? Chicken?
Shadow national security minister Alicia Kearns told Times Radio she would have put a precondition on a China trip if she were PM:
“I would have put a precondition that I was not going to go if I was prime minister, unless Jimmy Lai was coming home with me. I would also put a precondition in the six months leading up to the visit that I wanted a reduction in hostile acts against our country. But that’s not what we saw. And actually, in contrast, what we saw was clearly the Chinese Communist Party did put a precondition, which was that the new embassy in London had to be signed off. So why is it okay for China to set preconditions and to make very clear red lines about what they require for a visit, but we go without having put any ourselves?”