I would prefer to call it St. Pierre et Miquelexit. But I don't t think it can straightforwardly happen. St. P & M is legally just part of France like the Isle of Wight is part of the UK. It… (View Post)

No, be fair: running the world economy isn't a game, but chatting here IS a game, a bit. Consensus is a bit boring. At the very least, we need to be able to test that consensus. William is gamel… (View Post)

Hm. But I'd argue we dealt with Covid better than the EU - partly because of Brexit - and I'd argue that, partly as a result of Brexit, we were able to respond more decisively to Ukraine: h… (View Post)

No it wasn't Scott. Covid was an economic disaster. The Ukraine war was an economic disaster. Trumponomics might well be an economic disaster, Brexit was an invisible blip by comparison. My expe… (View Post)

If she'd been a serious character to start with - like Alistair Darling, say - it wouldn't have stuck. But she's fundamentally unserious. A serial liar. A party hack, with the understa… (View Post)