The largest single group of people in receipt of benefits is white working class people. The constituencies with the highest number of people on sickness benefits are working class heavily white cons… (View Post)

I met Richard Tice recently and it's an interesting question, what kind of economic programme Reform would follow. Clearly he at least is pitching for the Thatcherite mantle, talking up huge cut… (View Post)

And the British economy grew faster than both the US and Euro Area in the first half of this year, which doesn't seem a whole lot like "tanking". (View Post)

The biggest contribution to growth across Q1 and Q2 was private consumption spending, not government consumption. (View Post)

Why wasn't Jesus born in Dundee? Because they couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. A popular joke when I was growing up in Fife. (View Post)