I think Nigel Lawson had it spot on when he said in his memoirs that saying how bad the situation is after you've just won an election is damaging because it undermines confidence and it's … (View Post)

Losing one small industry, however much of the flavour of the month, is utterly trivial compared with losing control of our monetary and exchange rate (and increasingly fiscal) policies if we rejoine… (View Post)

Yes what did Boris ever do for the Conservative Party except win a large majority for the first time in three decades and implement the largest popular vote for anything in UK history? I didn't … (View Post)

Slightly off topic, yet in a way oddly related, this is a fascinating video about the wacky ways that a crazy single-issue campaigner destroyed the political party he set up in Japan. https://www.you… (View Post)

A Brazilian friend of mine who is being messed around about his visa said something very similar recently: "I deal with the government here and wonder why I moved. Then I go back home and rememb… (View Post)