I’ve got a fun month of train (and a bit of ferry) travel coming up: Liverpool st - Harwich on the boat train Hook of Holland - Utrecht - Cologne Cologne - Regensburg Regensburg - Vienna Vienna by bo… (View Post)

Had a fun day today of trying to glean some logic from the kremlinology of Labour internal politics. It’s nowhere near as easy to read as the Tory soap operas. First a call with the head of a Burnham… (View Post)

Yes that’s the theory. But the problem is what that does to government finances. When we don’t spend, the government has to. So while British households and businesses build up cash reserves, the pub… (View Post)

GDP up 0.6% in Q1. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/januarytomarch2026#:~:text=UK%20real%20gross%20domestic%20product,(Oct%20to%20Dec)%2020… (View Post)

The lost Green voters. It’s probably not an election winning strategy but it could well leave him with a higher floor than Starmer. (View Post)