ExiledInScotland

They will also want Odessa. They must prevent Ukraine being able to exploit the Oil and Gas reserves found in the Black Sea, and hence challenging Russia's status as main gas supplier to Germany. Thi… (View Post)

Almost all of what is happening at the moment is beyond government control. - Covid could have killed millions of jobs - they stopped that by spending on furlough, but the borrowing reduced future wi… (View Post)

There should be market concerns over the credibility of the Ratings Agencies. I am still furious that they escaped from their culpability in the securitisation scandal behind the great financial cras… (View Post)

So what you are saying is that there are limits in reality of what we can achieve to grow our economy. Ok. We have a wider problem then: having bankrupted ourselves with 2 World Wars, used North Sea … (View Post)

Will removing the 45% rate result in more tax take? I find the arguments about rates sterile - I want the government to maximise tax revenue by having rates at the correct levels. Anything else is st… (View Post)