Customs Union is only silly relative to full membership. Estimates are that in its own it increases GDP by 0.5%, which is nothing remarkable but still more than the combined post Brexit trade deals. … (View Post)

It feels very theoretical to say the two child cap is not the removal of a welfare safety net. The stopping of welfare at child 3 is extremely perverse. I hate moral blackmail, but it's hard to … (View Post)

£3 billion isn't a drop in the ocean. It doesn't support the case of people like myself, who think the two child cap is an iniquitous punishment of children for presuming to exist, to prete… (View Post)

I hadn't realised that and you're right! Group performance is more engaging - big exceptions apply of course. (View Post)

There is research showing that borrowing costs relative to the inflation rate came down after Gordon Brown moved interest rate decisions to the Bank of England. Quite a useful discount as I recall. Y… (View Post)