Interesting to compare experiences. I went to MIT in Boston in 1967, which was thrilling and had loads of social life as well as exciting classes, but it became clear in a few months that the family … (View Post)

He and his team are spinning the Budget impressively too - there's been a story every day about how he's going to give £500 million to this, £1 billion to that. The casual reader will have … (View Post)

Isn't it a bit soon to be deciding how you'll vote in 2-3 years' time, big john? The three of us cross over, in that I did vote for Corbyn, partly from personal affection for him and p… (View Post)

It's perfectly defensible (and not unlike the British system) if it's made clear in advance, which would I think require a constitutional amendment to be clear. It's not acceptable if … (View Post)

From a Local Government Committee briefing - 4 things to scrutinise in spending announcements: Firstly, always check how much of an announcement is new money. HMT worked out long ago to turn their ow… (View Post)