There's plenty to blame Reeves for, but the rise in long-term gilt yields mostly reflects global factors, rather than anything this - admittedly dismal - government has done. If it reflected UK-speci… (View Post)

I'm not so sure. It's science fiction, but if you go back to RUR, the 1920 play by Karol Capek that coined the term robot, the robots, having slaughtered the human race, decide keep themselves busy b… (View Post)

The NY charges were blatantly political - misdemaenours bootstrapped into felonies to get around the statute of limitations by a partisan DA. Not that he didn't do them, but if he weren't Donald Trum… (View Post)

It's not nearly that neat unfortunately because the small companies rate remained at 19%, there was a new 130% super-deduction for investment and the loss carry-back was extended from one to three ye… (View Post)

Rubbish. Making the UK more attractive to foreign investment was one of the best legacies of even Margaret Thatcher's golden rule. It was directly beneficial, because foreign-owned businesses are sig… (View Post)