Getting overseas aid back up to 0.7% and stop fiddling it by using it for migrant hotels or disguised export subsidies would be a good start. Nobody expects us to send a sudden £X billion cheque to Z… (View Post)

Not convinced, though I get the idea (rigid application of a policy with unexpected bad consequences is bad). To give a counter-example, I prefer the relative precision of the ECHR to a general assur… (View Post)

The very extended time hat the jury took makes me especially dubious about that. I know that doesn't amount to "reasonable doubt", but it does suggest some doubt. But putting that asid… (View Post)

Yes - I stopped reading after "cannot in good faith". Not usually used in the same breath as Donald T. (View Post)

Alastair Meeks as readable as always: https://alastair-meeks.medium.com/the-disintegration-of-the-middle-class-acdab60b979a?source=email-4256e494a1fa-1692539318651-newsletter.subscribeToProfile------… (View Post)