Out on our own in the sense of having less debt than France or the United States? Or Singapore, the city state half the Brexiteers wanted to emulate? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_b… (View Post)

Ed Miliband lost the 2015 election for Labour and seems likely to repeat this feat in 2029. But (and there is always a but) at least Ed is doing something unlike several of his Cabinet colleagues and… (View Post)

Tell your squillionaire mate that gilt auctions are oversubscribed. Now, in large part that is because of high (or higher than needed) interest rates but it does mean there is no imminent crisis or i… (View Post)

Brookes? (View Post)

If George Bush had taken my advice and replaced VP Dick Cheney with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and then resigned with a year to go, there might never have been President Obama. Condi Rice wo… (View Post)