On topic, hypothetical polling about difficult economic and ethical questions is of little value. I remember polls in the 1980s that showed consistent support for higher taxes and higher public spend… (View Post)

The phrase "useful idiot" could have been coined for Steve Witkoff, if only his boss hadn't already scooped the prize in that respect. (View Post)

Developed countries with floating exchange rates never "need" IMF programs - implementing moderately competent economic policy is always the solution. Arguing that the UK didn't "… (View Post)

That's what happens when you have legal inquiries led by judges, though. They do not understand mathematical or economic questions, and are not interested in them. What they care about is proces… (View Post)

No, it's driven by genuine problems, which London has in abundance - staggeringly expensive housing, higher poverty levels than any other region in southern England, a dismal one-party city gove… (View Post)