Brexit as a lived experience is unpopular PARTLY because it is confused with the 2019-2023 period as a lived experience. Which even the most ardent Brexiteer would grant has some drawbacks. I support… (View Post)

Yes, but CPTPP also has fewer costs and fewer threats to us. The EU has considerable potential benefits, but also considerable potential costs. Leave won, because the benefits weren't seen to ou… (View Post)

Sir Nicholas Bonsor has died: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/03/30/sir-nicholas-bonsor-eurosceptic-mp-death-obituary/ This gives me the opportunity to raise again one of my favourite cle… (View Post)

And also for being in it. (View Post)

We complain about the UK being a gerontocracy, but the French out-geront everyone. Massive state pensions paid fir by massive taxes on the working age population. (View Post)