Fair enough - everybody wants their debts wiped - but where do we find the £300 billion to do so? Taxes are strangling the economy, borrowing is at a record level and public expenditure has proved, u… (View Post)

Lots of enemies matter less if you have lots of friends. The best way to have a friend is to be a friend, but I think Starmer's problem is that he is a ruthlessly ambitious, unpleasant, untrustw… (View Post)

She sounds like a very typical public sector quangocrat - corrupt, useless, incompetent and baffling how and why they got there except that they kiss the right posteriors and always shovel blame for … (View Post)

Yes, but specifically on investment, don't forget that it doesn't matter by itself - it's an input not an output. It is undertaken to raise productivity and hence GDP. What matters is … (View Post)

That's not quite what I argue. I would say there's no detectable effect on labour productivity, and the reason we're not experiencing a catchup effect on investment is because of much … (View Post)