Fishing

The economics of Cameron's austerity was heavily flawed, in two ways. It was based on the assumption of multiplier effects of 0.5-0.9, when the evidence was and is that they are more like 1.5-2.0. Al… (View Post)

More to the point, Iran would have been nowhere near nukes if Trump, at Netamyahu's urging, hadn't ripped up Obama's deal for no discernible reason. I'm no fan of Obama, but he did agree a reasonable… (View Post)

The point isn't that we're screwed in the short to medium term at least, it's that we should be doing so much better. And we could be, if we had a government prepared to have the courage to think mor… (View Post)

I was in town yesterday, and it's true, but it's also true of all great international European and American cities these days - Paris, Berlin, New York and LA are just the same, if not more so, at le… (View Post)

You forgot penalising families who want the best education for their children, buggering our tax base by chasing away wealthy foreigners, bribing Chinese-aligned foreigners tens of billions to take s… (View Post)