Borrowing for the 9 months of the fiscal year to date also a shade below 2024. It’s not austerity, but it’s a lot better than some countries. The US forecast is $1.8 trillion of additional debt for t… (View Post)

That article has of course jinxed it. She’ll be out tonight, I think. Faraaz is on to her. And she’s done an America: just made Stephen realise she’s not reliable ally. (View Post)

If this is indeed a brief “reprieve” from US predation, then I do hope the democracy-loathing elite superfans in London and Brussels don’t return to their comfort zone of appeasing Trump and hoping f… (View Post)

What a miserable day’s weather here in London. Lights on in the study from so called dawn to dusk. (View Post)

I’d like to think this is his Corbyn on Skripal moment, but I fear it won’t be. There’s a hard core of his support base that probably agrees with Trump, particularly if led there by Farage. (View Post)