Once you realise that vast swathes of the political right in this country is just a pay to play operation for various foreign interests and weirdo billionaires the last decade of British political hi… (View Post)

I owed DavidL a response on the OBR discussion yesterday, as this is a rare overlap between things I have a strong opinion on and things I feel qualified to talk about, but my phone died and then I h… (View Post)

Actually it's true, or at least it might be - the US produces multiple sets of labour market data and they don't always agree with each other. Native born employment is down 1.2mn in the la… (View Post)

I know from conversations with friends and family that many BAME people found the riots extremely frightening and concerning, but that's because they could see the racist, nativity motivation be… (View Post)

A lot of it is nonsense but yes, there is a kernel of truth to it. There is a feeling of optimism and promise in American culture that is very attractive. I was tempted to stay there. The flip side i… (View Post)