That's a really useful prism to look at UK politics through. Explains the focus on the fishing industry but not forestry, for example, despite the latter employing twice as many people. (View Post)

Freeze NHS hospital spending in real terms. It's the only way. (Stuff like the triple lock is a very long term problem that also needs to be fixed. But if you're looking to free up cash in the next 5… (View Post)

But HS2 is an example of that failure in sustained capital investment - stuff like the bat tunnel is tiny proportion of the overall cost, most of which stems from the massive political uncertainty as… (View Post)

Ah come on. A Britain where Robert Jenrick (or an earnest arsehole from any political party) isn't roundly mocked is not a Britain I want to live in. It was a brilliant bit of politics widely recogni… (View Post)

I think it would boil down to a battle over resources and therefore geography, rather than sticking to racial lines. Stirling would once again become the keystone of Scotland (after the Forth bridges… (View Post)