We should keep the islands. Then the £9 billion problem goes away. If Mauritius really wants them they can offer to buy them. This deal is perhaps the polar case of Western liberal guilt being exploi… (View Post)

It's always faintly amusing to see people with no economic training or knowledge discussing economic questions. Obviously the answer to whether Liz Truss crashed the economy or not is far more n… (View Post)

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 p… (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 f… (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 f… (View Post)