It does seem as if the the Trump/Musk axis has boosted the polling of the Canadian Liberals, and harmed the AfDs polling. In the short term though I expect a sugar rush of economic activity in the US… (View Post)

I went to an interesting talk on the failure of the Norse settlements in Greenland and Newfoundland. The speaker made the case that the Norse made the mistake of trying to live as they had in Scandan… (View Post)

Which is precisely why we had an early election. In theory the last day for a GE was 28/1/25 so we could still have a Tory government if they had wanted to go as long as they could, but having salted… (View Post)

Yes, but that all comes back to the promise not to increase rates of income tax, employee NI or VAT, and continue the Triple lock. No incoming Chancellor should tie their hands like that. It leaves t… (View Post)

I think that is where we see some admiration of Trump. He certainly has stamped his agenda on his first week in power. Compare and contrast with the indolence and drift of the first months of the Sta… (View Post)