As ever an excellent thread - detailed, thoughtful, incisive and evidence-backed - which shows PB at its best. (View Post)

Neither is really true, or at least the reality is much more nuanced - Trump inherited a growing but dangerously unbalanced economy perilously dependent on a staggering amount of debt incurred gratui… (View Post)

Simply this: that the facts he highlights are indictments, not of the OBR or its staff, who are genuine, not fake experts, but of economic forecasting itself. In my career, I've produced more than my… (View Post)

Ex-KGB psychopath good at manipulating fool - SHOCK It really is like having a ten-year-old boy as [US] President - no judgement, poor impulse control, an abysmal attention span, quite staggering arr… (View Post)

I don't think that's true. All these idiotic levies certainly don't help, and should of course be scrapped tomorrow, but the real issue for building houses is the planning process - the appalling sho… (View Post)