UK expected to scale back plans to limit jury trial, reports FT. That was quick. (View Post)

Obviously we are not getting rid of the budget, nor should we. However the incessant briefing for months in advance of this one, was incredibly damaging to UK PLC. As far as I can tell it was with th… (View Post)

That sounds like a massively overdue reform. (View Post)

The reason we are often given is that we shouldn’t do so because it will increase UK debt under Treasury accounting rules. Which begs the question about whom that debt is owed to, why it should still… (View Post)

The UK has fewer geopolitical options than it did before 2016, when it could briefly hope to act as a Chinese bridge into Europe alongside its existing role as a US one. If one believes in liberal de… (View Post)