Actually I was further disquieted. It seemed aimed at blowing Labour out of the water rather than comsiderations of energy security or fiscal sobriety. (View Post)

I am not going to pile in and say Truss is stupid. I don’t think she is. And anecdotage suggests she is very interested in policy. But it does seem there is a glibness, or a belief so strong that it … (View Post)

I think it’s generational. Basically, the generation(s) born before c. 1945 had a different notion of public service. Clinton heralded the triumph of the baby boomers, and it was downhill from there. (View Post)

See my thesis above. Seriousness was replaced with flippancy. There was a noticeable “handover” in the 1990s. We have now seen the 90s generation hand over to the 10s, and the effects have been worse… (View Post)

France would be good, living standards are generally higher than in the UK, and the gap is growing. (View Post)