All these silly tax kites being flown are the direct result of the governing party having ruled out all the straightforward stuff in its manifesto. Just rowing back the two last minute NI cuts of the… (View Post)

But that would leave a lot of church roofs unfixed. Good morning from a Paris that contrary to warnings from here doesn’t appear to be visibly on its knees. (View Post)

He has the job unless he decides to retire from the role voluntarily (or he turns up in the Epstein files or something). (View Post)

I am rather fond of England and my own Englishness, so it’s irritating in the extreme when this lot try to turn it into an English version of 1990s Serbian identity. It’s nothing new though. The same… (View Post)

The frustrating thing is that Russia is surely militarily and economically weaker now after throwing 3 years of blood and treasure at Ukraine, than it was a decade ago. There should be the prospect o… (View Post)