Personalities matter hardly at all to the markets - what matters is having credible policies that take account of economic reality. If the government had those, it wouldn't matter whether the Ch… (View Post)

Yes. Here's a really good article about why Madrid's metro expansion in the 90s cost about a tenth as much per mile as London's Jubilee line extension. https://worksinprogress.co/issue… (View Post)

We should keep the islands. Then the £9 billion problem goes away. If Mauritius really wants them they can offer to buy them. This deal is perhaps the polar case of Western liberal guilt being exploi… (View Post)

It's always faintly amusing to see people with no economic training or knowledge discussing economic questions. Obviously the answer to whether Liz Truss crashed the economy or not is far more n… (View Post)

You think having the most expensive energy in the world is EASY? Or that finding £2 trillion is? I shudder to think what you'd see as difficult. Net Zero is arbitrary, certainly affordable and p… (View Post)