Thanks for the comment. That was one of the things I had to edit out of the paper, in which I pointed out that around 4% of the EU's budget goes on public administration so such sums are relativ… (View Post)

Apologies by the way. I'm afraid my pledge to make this article significantly shorter than the last one was about as trustworthy as a Keir Starmer campaign promise and had about as long a life. (View Post)

No, basic economics shows they are intimately related. The lack of sufficient new housing where people want to live has meant, together with falling real interest rates for much of that time, that ho… (View Post)

Rubbish. You can't lose the non-existent. (View Post)

- no understanding - no insight - no empathy - not even a trace of humour Yep, that's Keit all right. (View Post)