You can’t make much of a single quarter’s growth (a stonking 2.8% if you convert into American), but I will say that Britain looks comparatively economically sane compared with most other countries. … (View Post)

I don’t think Brits are particularly freedom-loving. I wish they were, and maybe there’s a sub-terranean strand of the British psychology that is, but it’s kind of crushed by the curtain-twitching ce… (View Post)

Why don’t we just insist on maintenance being carried out, instead of imposing regulatory gold-plating on every new build? (View Post)

I am happy with the ILR news this morning. A lot of the toxicity of immigration would be reduced if there was a clear strategy (including numbers!) which acknowledged the benefits and negatives of im… (View Post)

Which if you think about it, is quite a claim. (View Post)