But this is also a good example of the fact that, except maybe in the very short term, choosing politics over economics means you end up with neither - they're going to have to do something incredibl… (View Post)

I'm sure this Equalities Act business is terrible, but the real nightmare this month is going to be the Budget - it may even beat last year's growth-strangling disaster, which would be quite an impre… (View Post)

For me, the most interesting feature of the monarchy polls isn't the party split, it's the ethnic split. In the last one I saw, White British supported retaining the monarchy by 5:1 while Others were… (View Post)

Also Greenwich, Holland Park, Chiswick Mall and Barnes Village, Highgate, and parts of Notting Hill. All beautiful parts of one of the world's few truly great cities. Though one of the charms of Lond… (View Post)

What do we expect if we jack up visa fees to ridiculous levels, impose absurdly high aviation taxes, don't build nearly enough airport capacity, stop tourists from reclaiming VAT to the delight of th… (View Post)