I don't want to discourage the Conservatives from promising relief to this country's overburdened taxpayers, but I'm not sure any pledge from an Opposition third in the polls, facing a huge governmen… (View Post)

The benchmark for these things is surely not Liz Truss, but the 18th century "Long Administration" of the Earl of Bath, which lasted 48 hours, and, as one commentator of the time noted, is … (View Post)

What's the point of calling it a sport when they spend 80% of the game milling around? I went to a game once and was bored out of my skull. Maybe half an hour of doing something in three hours of gam… (View Post)

There is something deeply pathetic about an uncharismatic man trying to appear charismatic - I call that the "John Major problem". Just as there's something equally sad about an incompetent… (View Post)

That's defeatism. There's nothing difficult or abstract about generating economic growth. Low taxes, low spending and light but effective regulation encourage the private sector to invest and expand … (View Post)