I think the US is going to have a “soft landing”, but Europe including the UK seems quite astonishingly fucked. (View Post)

Boris will stay. There is no obligation to do anything as MP, so it’s free money essentially. (View Post)

Generally speaking, competition is good. Tories used to get that, certainly those of a Thatcherite ilk. You seem to be advocating something kind of British Leyland Metrology Service. (View Post)

One can argue that the Met Office is rendered better by needing to compete. Indeed that’s based on some pretty basic economic thinking. (View Post)

My now-expert opinion is that London beats New York on most lifestyle metrics, except that as soon as you get outside of the densest parts of New York you have access to vast and wonderful landscape … (View Post)