NB The ? in the thread should be a sigma, but this doesn't seem to come out in the font used on the site. I'll change it in subsequent threads. (View Post)

It is a strange argument that the way to respond to an attack on democracy is to suspend it. (View Post)

The trouble with Boris is that when he's good he's very, very good and when he's bad he's terrible, and there's precious little in between. For my money, he has done a great … (View Post)

There is actually plenty of money being spent in the North - 60%+ of the GDP of the north is the government, compared to about a third in London. The trouble is, it's spent in a way which could … (View Post)

They DO need infrastructure, but in most cases that's probably the least important of the priorities - it mostly matters for companies that make stuff, and that's only 12% or so of our econ… (View Post)