I don't think that was the main problem - France, Italy, Japan and the United States get away with much higher debt levels than we would have reached in the medium term with her 1.5% of GDP tax … (View Post)

Thank you for that. It is always nice to have an opinion from somebody who deals with these issues every day and has considerable expertise in a subject. One of the strengths of this forum is the wid… (View Post)

That's an uncharacteristic cop out. You can still have an opinion on their choices, even if you don't get a say. Almost nobody on here gets a vote in American elections, but almost everyone… (View Post)

This is an improbably riveting documentary about Paraguay in about 1970 by the way, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67DE3bQ9RBs&t=1566s Seems like a very quirky country. (View Post)

I remember similar grasping at straws in the Guardian before 2010 too. Of course Labour denied Cameron the overall majority that at one stage looked inevitable, as the Conservatives failed to do to B… (View Post)