As Mel Brooks may have it: "You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land—the common clay of the new West. You know... morons." (View Post)

Bamberg in Franconia is a great little town- most unscathed by WWII, and with ten breweries for 80,000 inhabitants, including the mighty Bamberg Smoked beer, plus its really really pretty. Also the t… (View Post)

Over the years I have had FT, WSJ, Bloomberg and Reuters, and I agree, as a wire service for breaking markets stuff, Bloomberg can' really be beaten, I do find the FT a gives a much better in de… (View Post)

I don't think pooh-poohing Rawnsley's argument here works, either as thesis or as tactic. The fact that the Tories have not collapsed, despite figures such as Jenrick walking out is, I thin… (View Post)

Its all about the squeeze... If the Tories can squeeze the RefUk vote, they are in with a shout. However 7/4 isn't especially tempting. (View Post)