Yes, the Krauts have been generous enough, but they have been so in a grudging way. Before every big gift there have been long and angsty and very German debates. Whereas we've taken the opposite app… (View Post)

5. Absolutely. A national scandal, but the rot began long before Cameron and Osborne - arguably John Major, though I think much of the slimming down in the 90s was inevitable, but certainly Blair and… (View Post)

Whatever else Biden is, he's an experienced politician, and I'm sure her utter charmlessness and uselessness is the reason (apart from the token thing) why he chose her in the first place. (View Post)

May you make it a hat-trick of recoveries. (View Post)

... until industry can't afford it and they decide to do without the workers and associated output instead. The private sector isn't a bottomless pit of other people's money, ready to be plundered fo… (View Post)