You think having the most expensive energy in the world is EASY? Or that finding £2 trillion is? I shudder to think what you'd see as difficult. Net Zero is arbitrary, certainly affordable and probab… (View Post)

Yes. For two reasons. Firstly I've lived through Labour governments before, secondly I have some knowledge of economics, and thirdly I have some knowledge of government and acquaintance with a few of… (View Post)

I don't fully agree with the last paragraph of the header. Firing a chancellor is obviously not something a PM wants to do, but it is usually a symptom, rather than a cause of difficulties. As for th… (View Post)

No. For two reasons. Firstly, the Commonwealth is not a military alliance. We did nothing when the US invaded Grenada in the 1980s for instance. NATO is a military alliance, but I think NATO treaties… (View Post)

I doubt it. The Americans have powers that are about as separate as practicable, and their legislation is just as poorly drafted and loophole-ridden as ours. A lot of the problem isn't so much the sc… (View Post)