As a Remainer, the idea that we would have been growing at something like double the rate of our peers in the EU, if we had remained, is farcical. Better, I can buy into. Say 120% of the growth rate … (View Post)

Double average EU growth would be lovely. But promising it without evidence how, reminds me more of Liz Truss than say, Norman Lamont. I voted for Remain, not on ideological grounds. But because I th… (View Post)

The alignment process for joining the EU includes getting corruption down, at each step in the process. Watching this process in Montenegro has been rather interesting. (View Post)

The trick is to avoid picking winners by backing *development* of multiple technologies. See DARPA When I was younger and more stupid, I used to advocate a U.K. DARPA, to various politicians. They al… (View Post)

Germany is in a continuing recession/near recession caused by a collapse in their export led manufacturing. Doing better than Germany is a very low bar at the moment. (View Post)