Why Meloni is an exceptional politician Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, is an exceptional politician. Under her leadership there has been political stability in Italy for the first time in ov… (View Post)

Liz Truss was Prime Minister from Tuesday, 6th September to Tuesday, 25 October, which is one lettuce, two monarchs, seven weeks or 49 days (or 50 days if you count both her first and last days as fu… (View Post)

EVs, tax, the budget and the economy. As ever, it is a question of framing. Are in-work benefits lifting people out of poverty or subsidising abusive employers? Are housing benefits tackling homeless… (View Post)

That shows the soft power of the BBC. Not perhaps in an ideal way but our politicians should sit up, take notice, stop the potshots and properly fund the BBC and World Service. (View Post)

All economic statistics are rubbish. It is absurd that the budget and future direction of this great nation are held hostage to forecasters who may as well be plucking numbers from thin air, so wildl… (View Post)