I’d say thr centralisation goes back to the immediate post-war period. So even longer. It’s an economic calamity, with consequences through every part of British life. Current initiatives, such as th… (View Post)

The NYT studiously ignores the Epstein story, so the least worst source I have for updating myself, weirdly, is PB. Mandelson has rightly resigned from the Labour Party, and should consider forfeitin… (View Post)

The Tories are sweating off their Brexity cancer. (View Post)

And Powell was faithful to his own logic, to the point of near insanity, and retained a healthy distrust of America. He would have dismissed Farage and Reform as a gang of mere charlatans. (View Post)

I don’t think pensioners should be mean-tested. However, we absolutely should tax with national insurance, and get rid of all of the various perks. The only one I’d save is free bus travel as I suspe… (View Post)