Yes, I thought she carried it off with aplomb. It was very helpful getting the OBR leak. It meant we could focus on analysing the measures while the chancellor was speaking, saving us valuable time. … (View Post)

Labour MPs and bond markets. 2 quite different stakeholders. But which led to the budget we got. (View Post)

My tip is something on SDLT and possibly something on stamp duty on shares. Former because Kemi suggested it, latter because it’s widely seen as one of the big things holding back UK listings. (View Post)

Liberals don’t have sugar in their lattes. Actually they don’t have lattes anyway, they all have flat whites and macchiatos. Round here I need to specify dairy to the barista, which always makes me f… (View Post)

Lib Dem justice spokeswoman Jess Brown-Fuller also described the reports as “completely disgraceful” and accused ministers of dismantling the justice system and failing victims. https://www.itv.com/n… (View Post)