It didn't cave in across the public sector - just to some heavily unionised groups. The remainder will have to wait for their increases in the public sector pay round (I think 2.8% in April). Wh… (View Post)

If it's not matched by productivity growth, which has been pretty dismal, then it will simply translate into inflation down the line. The poor performance of our economy in the post-war years wa… (View Post)

The Second Munich Agreement? 87 years after 1938. (View Post)

That's true but not the only reason. Green propaganda has persuaded a significant part of the population that growth isn't worth it because, well, plastic waste and ugly housing and smokey … (View Post)

This probably shows the danger of polling on complex, partly hypothetical questions as much as anything else. Such polling, which asks people a question they may not have thought about much or unders… (View Post)