As most people now think Brexit a mistake, I guess it was sign of (misplaced) confidence. As with most mistakes, people made assumptions they didn't verify and which didn't pan out. (View Post)

I have no idea what Rachel Reeves will do, but in her shoes with the commitments she has made I would look at: 1. Remove pensions from salary sacrifice and discount payments into pensions at around 3… (View Post)

Tories traditionally accommodated the fruitcakes while mostly ignoring them. That doesn't look likely to reassert itself any time soon. (View Post)

When you survey attitudes to various topics - the one I'm thinking of is the recent riots but there are others - Reform supporters are usually the outliers. Conservatives tend to be in the mains… (View Post)

Carbonara was invented by in 1944 by a Roman chef for a dinner held by top brass in the occupying American army. The Americans had two absolutely essential ingredients that weren't available in … (View Post)