The "blueprint" idea is interesting. It suggests that what we are going to see in the budget is a serious attempt to get the economy out of the analeptic shock his Chancellor put it in in O… (View Post)
IME those who consistently get distracted by the likes of PB because they get bored are every bit as productive as those who don't. This is a vigorous scientific study with a sample size of 1 and I t… (View Post)
One of the better summaries I have read about the collapse of the rule of law in the US: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/18/2311041/-Maybe-the-judges-should-be-the-ones-moving-fast-and-breaki… (View Post)
To put it in some perspective the government is spending just over £800bn a year or £16bn a week. So £5bn gets us funded until breakfast time on Wednesday morning in 1 week of the year. (View Post)