He doesn't understand basic economics. (View Post)

Ed Miliband was rightly rejected in 2015. His government would have been a car-crash. And it wouldn't have made the political problem of EU membership or free movement "go away" either; it … (View Post)

It feels like we've waited years for this budget. (View Post)

Poverty porn. Like Gaza, it's an indulgence of (largely) middle-class progressives so they can feel good about themselves at dinner parties. Traditional Labour MPs who actually worked for a living wo… (View Post)

I think increasing welfare spending by £4bn a year to pay even more to families with more than 2 children on universal credit is mad. And nor do I think it "lifts (people) out of poverty"; … (View Post)