Nonsense on stilts. Britain's pre-crisis spending was not high by historical or international standards (and the word unfunded is meaningless in this context). The global financial crisis started in … (View Post)

Laying the favourite. Obviously the last favourite before the winning line is most likely to win, but if you've been playing the next leader markets for long, you will have laid not just Boris but al… (View Post)

Trouble is that if you follow Sherlock Holmes in eliminating the impossible, there is nothing left so you have to add everything back in again. (View Post)

One reason I thought Conservative MPs would have the sense not to elect Boris when he so clearly takes the heat off Labour. I must have not factored in that these were the same MPs who had declined t… (View Post)

Perhaps Tissue Price could write a header on laying the favourite. (View Post)