That is kind of the ethos of American society, look after your own and fuck everyone else. (View Post)

No robot will ever be able to fill a dishwasher to my exacting standards. I find emptying and filling the dishwasher quite a satisfying activity, a kind of ritual purification and worshiping of the h… (View Post)

All forecasts are wrong but not all forecasts are honest. The "independence" of the OBR is in many ways a fiction (unlike with the US CBO we have no formal separation of powers to give its … (View Post)

Euch, lawyers are the worst. (View Post)

No, the OBR is the only good idea that Osborne ever had. It is a check on the Treasury's tendency towards expedient forecasts and is trusted by financial markets, hence ensuring we pay less to i… (View Post)