Whereas “Mark Francois” sounds like something Martin Amis would call a Francophobic Tory MP. (View Post)

Peterborough *should* be booming. Nice cathedral, cheapish property, convenient links to both London and Cambridge. It probably needs some redevelopment to get rid of ugly 60s/70s excrescence, and th… (View Post)

It’s not true that the markets won’t accept borrowing for capital investment. Indeed, it’s the only way out of British stagnation. The Truss lesson was rather that borrowing for tax cuts, with no pla… (View Post)

It’s bog standard pre-election repositioning. I presume you’re new to this politics thing. (View Post)

It’s good politics because it hedges against the idiots lining up to say “but where’s the money coming from?” Sadly the idiots have a lockhold on much of British public debate. (View Post)