Johnson has spent a lot of time talking to Zelensky - good on him. Macron has spent a lot of time talking to Putin, which is much harder I'd assume. I guess the latter is more useful in trying t… (View Post)

Regardless of the merits or otherwise of an income tax cut, it doesn't seem to me to be wise to promise a cut in two years' time given the huge level of global instability at the moment. Wh… (View Post)

Sunak's package may be politically astute in his campaign to replace Johnson if/when that comes to pass. However, there's virtually nothing for the bottom 10%: those on benefits, and the lo… (View Post)

Which is why I wrote the following words: On the specific issue, it sounds like the French deserve criticism. (View Post)

Putin's played a blinder today. He's managed to get almost all the PB cognoscenti to transfer their wrath and fury from him and his army to Macron and the French. Clever. In the immortal wo… (View Post)