The 2% inflation target, though better than what came before, is heavily flawed for two main reasons: - it does not distinguish between demand and input cost inflation, which need radically different… (View Post)

If there is one group of producers that deserve to be kicked in the teeth, it's our subsidy-gobbling, low productivity farmers. We should go for free trade in food, and ignore their special plea… (View Post)

According to a friend who is on the standup circuit, a fair few comedians are closet Tories who don't dare to come out because they will never be booked again if they do. He is conservative hims… (View Post)

Those people gave Blair two landslides before drifting slowly and unevenly back to the Conservatives between 2005 and 2019. (View Post)

He'll need a much more optimistic tone for the Presidential election eventually I think, if he beats Trump. American voters like the more genial candidate, the one with an optimistic vision. Ang… (View Post)