At least the last three general elections (May vs Corbyn, Johnson vs Corbyn, Sunak vs Starmer) have been between fairly or very poor candidates. The question is, at what point do we say that the prob… (View Post)

Trump isn't a strong man. He's an insecure weak fool with no grasp of policy who is desperate to impress and usually parrots the talking points of the last person he met. (View Post)

That is true of all public sector budget cuts - management always seem to cut frontline staff delivering vital services, but never, oddly, their own salaries or perks. That's why the Osborne-Cam… (View Post)

This chart is 2021/22 - undoubtedly hugely distorted by the benefits paid during the disastrous pandemic, during which the Americans and Italians were particularly profligate. A much more interesting… (View Post)

FPT You don't seem to understand what the IMF is or what it does. It is there to help (mostly developing) countries on fixed exchange rates, which we don't have, out of temporary liquidity … (View Post)