It depends where in the US. The weather is vital in setting one's mood and it's so nice in much of the south west. In Denmark, Norway or much of Switzerland it's depressing or outright terrible for a… (View Post)

The premise of the first opinion poll question is a bit silly - opinion polls work best when they ask people about something they have a clue about and, despite the millions spent on economic educati… (View Post)

Secure borders? There are 11 million illegals in the US and Trump's efforts have made barely any difference to that number, by using methods that make all but his most ardent supporters want to talk … (View Post)

As I've pointed out here many times, parroting GDP/head numbers is highly misleading. Americans work 17-20% more per year than us so that accounts for about half the gap in GDP/head. Much of the rest… (View Post)

I'm sure they are. The problem is that the rest of government is doing its best to raise the cost of living, most obviously in putting up NI and other taxes which fed through into higher prices, but … (View Post)