Perhaps you're onto something there - she may feel that a freeze in public spending, equal to an 11% cut in real terms, might be sold as "no cuts". (View Post)

Because most people don't follow politics closely, it's broadly true that they only worry about one or two things at a time. At the moment, most people aren't especially thinking about… (View Post)

Late to the thread, but a point not mentioned is that the Government actually want to be seen as very different from the Bank, so that when interest rates go up they can say oh, how unfortunate, the … (View Post)

Interesting piece on the mindset of a hard-right Conservative Senator who disapproves of Trump: https://medium.com/deans-list/senator-sasse-throws-in-the-towel-on-the-gop-8f7c84dce1ee (View Post)

Yes. A great-aunt of mine was among the million who died of starvation in Leningrad. It's not excusing the invasion of Ukraine to say that widespread disuption to power supplies is a different o… (View Post)