Here are the deficits as % GDP over the last 30 years Year Deficit %GDP 1980 1.07 1981 1.98 1982 0.58 1983 0.69 1984 1.12 1985 1.26 1986 0.6 1987 0.91 1988 0.81 1989 -0.8 1990 -0.57 1991 0.22 1992 2.… (View Post)

Nor should we frame a law that enables that. I'm glad the Tories have dropped that legislation. (View Post)

It's called virtue signalling. It makes you feel good and virtuous but achieves nothing. Could even be counter productive. You find out what China wants (or doesn't want) and trade it. You … (View Post)

I wasn't comparing it to genuine dysmorphia but to a man on a whim declaring themselves to be a woman and expecting to be recognised as such. I thought we agreed on this? I wasn't pretendin… (View Post)

Too simplistic. Sounds Trumpian. But I agree it has its place in markets. (View Post)