Well, forgetting Medicare and Medicaid perhaps, broadly yes but paradoxically Americans are more likely to be subsidised indirectly by government activity (and did Michael Moore make a documentary sh… (View Post)

Adopting the euro meant Italy was subject to the Germany-first policies of the ECB. Ask Greece. (View Post)

I do not claim to understand the visceral hatred for Starmer but I accept it is there. What has led to Starmer's downfall is not his lack of principle or ideology, not his poor judgement in appo… (View Post)

Brexit was NOTA. That's what Dominic Cummings understood, hence levelling up (ditched by Boris). It might even be what Farage also understands because he has not said a great deal about Brexit a… (View Post)

No lectern. Noomy phones. "Nor can we be complacent about Scottish devolution." "As for food prices I'm quite convinced that we should be able to make progress in ending some of t… (View Post)