FPT I think the most important effect of the King and Country debate was that the German government took this as carte blanche, that the British wouldn't fight. When it came to it, they did of c… (View Post)

You can mitigate some of the Brexit damage. Why wouldn't you try to do this? Closer ties with the EU could deliver growth of up to 2.2%. Clawing back up to half of the damage caused by Brexit. D… (View Post)

Given the Telegraph obviously made the story up, it probably did touch a nerve. (View Post)

As a late and no doubt wildly inaccurate entry into the PB predictions competition, I was interested to note that most of fellow competitors had a rather bullish view of the UK economy, and in fact t… (View Post)

Personally I don't care one way or the other about Chagos apart from a vague feeling that the islanders were shabbily treated. I do challenge the idea widely spread on here that the UK has the r… (View Post)