Truss forgot the first and most important Thatcherite lesson - you can't buck the market. I remember quite clearly the astonishment I felt when, during one of the leadership debates, she blithel… (View Post)

What I took from it is that a legal framework has been created where it is very hard to stay on the right side of the law 100% of the time. So if you annoy the wrong person they can find a way to set… (View Post)

It's a veritable rollercoaster, and a good practice run for the US results for the rest of the month. It's a shame they won't announce the Conservative leadership election results one … (View Post)

Only if he can make money from it by selling on a pay-per-view basis. He says it at his rallies because people will cheer it, and it makes him feel like a big tough guy. Actually doing it in office w… (View Post)

In her budget speech Reeves made the direct claim that three-quarters of farms would be unaffected by the inheritance tax changes. Since then there's been a lot of sound and fury suggesting that… (View Post)