They were trying to be superficial populists. They intended to 'take the tough decisions' (taxes and cuts blaming the Tories) in the early parliament, then roll out the pork as the election… (View Post)

I'm not sure what passes for a Tory MP these days really has the basic brain power to get antsy, after CCHQ's candidate policy (closely resembling American ATC's hiring policy) has bee… (View Post)

It's also absolutely not reflected in the OBR figures for migrants, which *do* now represent migrants as a net fiscal drain, but on the evidence of the above, would seem barely to scrape the sur… (View Post)

It is horrid - extremely sad for the victims' families. I don't quite know why there is quite so much news and discussion about it though. (View Post)

Me too - I am genuinely in favour of anyone of any political hinterland going for growth. I don’t think Starmer and Reeves' are suggesting any great pro-growth initiatives yet, but I welcome the… (View Post)