We need to get out of this mindset. There's loads of human potential, plenty of cash swimming around. On most indicators the UK is one of the best places to live in the world, with an advanced e… (View Post)

This is getting ridiculous. Board it, drag it into Hartlepool, put it into a Malmesbury-style 15-year investigation/purgatory. I note the Russians don't play games with Turkey after they shot th… (View Post)

This IVF thing is just silly. It represents 0.03% of the health budget. Maybe we should have a look at obesity instead? (View Post)

A small defence of ditching the two-child limit - of all government spending, that on children tends to have the most positive long term impacts on everything from health to crime to the economy. I d… (View Post)

Severe headache this morning. I have a 9am meeting where I'm supposed to present on some complicated and probably crucial analysis... I'm watching it back and the BBC commentary is indistin… (View Post)