The 2013 Matt Ridley Prize is now open. Click here for more details. We’ve already had some entries for the £8,500 Matt Ridley Prize for Environmental Heresy, and an inquiry as to whether it’s open to non-British residents. Misunderstanding of science and environment is, alas, a global phenomenon and CoffeeHousers hail from all over the world.
…here are some posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the weekend: Fraser Nelson says Theresa May is showing Andrew Lansley how reforming public services should be done and explains Alex Salmond is following the Brownite economic path. James Forsyth says Steve Hilton’s return depends on Cameron’s radicalism and examines the Prime Minister’s pitch to women voters. Peter Hoskin
Pension scheming Sir: As a pensions professional who has witnessed his once-mighty industry’s sustaining of blow after blow, I was heartened to read The Spectator’s call for Conservatives to resist the temptation to make ‘yet another raid on pension funds’ (Leading article, 25 February). The government’s lack of understanding of pensions tax relief was revealed
