Yes. It is very parochial. The same people who tend to believe that the NHS is the envy of the world despite no country ever copying it also tend to believe that Mrs Thatcher was responsible for dein… (View Post)

Yes. Like most attempts by politicians to intervene in markets they don't really understand it has been a spectacular disaster. On energy prices specifically, the other thing they could do to re… (View Post)

All central London boroughs are very mixed - lots of ghastly council housing estates, but also lots of new wealth converted apartments for City and West End workers. Sometimes on the same street. Lon… (View Post)

Yes it would be ironic to vote for a party with the ultimate ineffectual, time-serving, knighted public sector non=entity at its head. (View Post)

Thanks for the kind remarks. My colleagues would be amused to hear me described as a statistician though! (View Post)