Why should that be a choice? As a nation we are utterly unique in our wholesale failure to understand the link between making and selling stuff to the world, and having money. We detest the idea of '… (View Post)
I disagree. A lot of Truss's reforms were aimed at helping UK companies to grow faster, and producing more food and particularly energy at home, which would have displaced imports and improved the ba… (View Post)
Not at all, I've been saying the same things here for years, but it's handy to have it crystalised here. Also, my objections to US dominance are often on matters of political influence, and they are … (View Post)
There's a somewhat depressing but interesting podcast from the team of the Speccie on the extent to which Britain is now owned (not run-politically, just owned financially) by the US. It's not done w… (View Post)
Johnson was weak like a windsock, or perhaps more flatteringly a sailing boat, as he did occasionally try to influence his own course. He could be blown in any direction, some of them positive, many … (View Post)