The proposal is to redefine RPI, as I understand it, so contracted price rises will tend to rise more slowly, in line with CPIH. (View Post)

While I was the one laying it, I don't scoff at my counterparty. If Boris Johnson becomes a busted flush - and he's straying perilously close to that - if he's not replaced before an e… (View Post)

What is the “it” that he has the power to do? He is not the Queen and there is no precedent saying that the Prime Minister can counsel the Queen not to give Royal Assent. (View Post)

The Queen will think long and hard about becoming the first monarch since Queen Anne to withhold assent. It would be a hugely political act for her to undertake, with or without the Prime Minister’s … (View Post)

A man can hope. (View Post)