. The transactional value for the UK I think largely comes from the military relationship with the US. The UK gets nuclear weapons and submarine technologies etc from the the US. A military base in t… (View Post)

The only things that matter about Diego Garcia are: 1. It's an American base to all intents and purposes. The Americans call the shots. UK governments do what they're told. 2. Americans are… (View Post)

Allegations Liz Truss killed the Queen are OK however. (View Post)

pl. Quite likely they will end up raising taxes AND impose cuts, at least compared with the programme. The fact is the fiscal gap is a lot bigger than the $22 billion Labour claimed and the Tories de… (View Post)

In answer to the question posed in the header, I think it highly unlikely Starmer will sack Reeves. The proximate reason for high bond yield prices now is the same as for Liz Truss: the market doesn&… (View Post)