It was perhaps not so much the fact that the Tories campaigned against mass immigration, as the extraordinary dissonance between their aggressive rhetoric and the totally open door that allowed 1.3 m… (View Post)

Fair points. It's the endless drama of Tory leadership spats that becomes so wearying. Lots of sturm und drang but little that is actually real. Everything seen through some prism of leadership … (View Post)

As previously noted "a wish is not a claim upon reality". The Tories are done for quite a while, maybe forever. The "unacceptable versus the insipid" leadership race shows no sign… (View Post)

One of the reasons big projects have cost so much in the UK is this constant second guessing. Delays and changes to important parts of the specification end up leading to mega fiascos like HS2. For g… (View Post)

It is why there is a massive consumer boom in Russia now. Everyone is trying to get rid of their Roubles before the collapse comes. There are some horrible noises coming from under the bonnet of the … (View Post)