The oil price seems to be in a weird situation. If it looks like the war will drag on, it goes higher, which scares Trump into saying the war is nearly over, which drives the oil price down, which gi… (View Post)

Given the money that also needs to be found to spend on the Justice system, on critical national infrastructure (e.g. energy and transport), and doubtless other things, and the already precarious sta… (View Post)

It's because Britain is trying to do more than it is willing to spend. So there are two aircraft carriers which soaks up huge amounts of money and manpower. There are foreign bases all over the … (View Post)

Sadly not the case. The planned increase in spend on the nuclear deterrent (necessary to renew it) means that spending on the conventional forces will fall. The state of Britain's conventional f… (View Post)

I think you have to build things in so that they happen without people noticing. So if you have a walking/cycling-centred transport system, and you get more people travelling under their own steam ra… (View Post)