I guess if you haven't killed someone while driving then you haven't driven far enough for the good of the economy and your freedom. (View Post)

The French, or at least Macron and his government, seem to have discovered a greater interest now that the Americans aren't in the lead. It was dispiriting to hear in the budget yesterday that 2… (View Post)

To return to a point I made earlier about the weakness of the fiscal rule (to have debt falling as a share of GDP in five years time), it is worth pointing out that meeting this rule is based on pret… (View Post)

A marginal amelioration of an anomaly they introduced isn't really much to boast about though. "Vote for us! We'll eventually get around to making partial fixes to the problems we crea… (View Post)

I didn't realise how weak the fiscal rules now were - only to have debt falling as a percentage of GDP in five years. So it's within Hunt's rules to splurge on tax cuts now, while debt… (View Post)