You just failed to observe that in this case it worked against the public interest. Capitalism does indeed work, for the holders of capital, but that's meaningless as far as the operation of an … (View Post)

Without the decade long distraction of Brexit, it's even possible that we might have worked out a slightly better response to Chinese competition. (View Post)

Precisely. It's a pretty clear practical demonstration of the cost of the Brexit deal to the rest of the country. (View Post)

The recent NIESR report came to a similar conclusion. London has done OK since Brexit; the regions (with the exception of NI) got shafted. (View Post)

I doubt so too, but that is what should be suggested to them when they complain. I'm aware of Burnham's statement; I'm most interested to see if he actually does it. (View Post)