The big risk for any civil servant moving north is that No 10 North is abolished by the next PM, possibly in just three years, and then they will need to buy a house in/near London again. (View Post)

HMG has removed the VAT on electricity for six months. Yes. Exactly the sort of short-term expedient pursued by British politicians for decades. Edit: I'd have hoped that we could disagree witho… (View Post)

I missed the news that Sir Garfield Sobers had died a few days ago. (View Post)

I think the answer is that Russia is still receiving lots of dollars in exchange for its oil exports, but sanctions mean that it's harder for it to spend those dollars on imports. (View Post)

No, I mean you literally replied to the same comment twice, 107 minutes apart. First time: https://vf.politicalbetting.com/discussion/comment/5607788/#Comment_5607788 Second time: https://vf.politica… (View Post)