Bonus: At a quick check, Europe as a whole has around half of all the FDI in the USA. The UK is the 2nd largest individual European investor country after Gremany, but the growth of our holdings ther… (View Post)

On our relationship with the US - yes, this has been obvious since last year and has been very obvious indeed since Trump became Potus. I think that all the Western leaders are aware of this to diffe… (View Post)

I've argued that Labour got this one wrong, but I think the idea that the Conservatives would do benefit reform sensibly is risible - they had a shot at one part of that (UC) under IDS, and Osbo… (View Post)

Good afternoon everyone. Sunny but sufferable here - 18C. Curtis Sliwa is a blast from the past - he founded the group in 1977 that became the Guardian Angels to ride the NY subway, 47 years ago. Tha… (View Post)

I was once kept under for more than a week in ICU when I had an awful bug that had thrown my diabetic control off, and they could not find out what it was for some time. When I resurfaced I had a ver… (View Post)