What red tape? Right wing think tank the Heritage Foundation had Britain ranked as one of the most “economically free” countries on the planet. Until, er, Brexit fucked up the trade freedom component… (View Post)

We desperately need to find a way for encourage business investment. As Sarah O’Connor of the FT points out, Brits aren’t “lazy”, they’re desperately running to stand still. https://twitter.com/sarah… (View Post)

Britain is two economies. The first (33%) has professional jobs and the potential to earn a world class salary, but decent housing is essentially unaffordable unless you inherit. The second (66%) has… (View Post)

No. But what is true that on top of the basic economic dysfunction caused by bad planning, Britain seems to suffer from a cultural snobbery issue about certain areas. The middle classes won’t be seen… (View Post)

Because they’ve done very well out of the existing dispensation, and it easier to blame “avocado eaters” than concede that you’ve spent the last twenty years voting to impoverish the young. (View Post)