My sense has always been that becoming the sort of country that won't let anyone in would change us in more profound and negative ways than letting them in. (View Post)

It might be CoL related but might not be. Households might be deliberately drawing down savings or it might reflect less lending (since the creation of banking sector assets - loans - implies equal c… (View Post)

I've met Greg Hands on a number of occasions and he seemed perfectly clever and affable but it strikes me that he's in the wrong job. Pretending to be some kind of hyper-partisan attack dog… (View Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/29/taxpayer-cash-must-not-be-used-to-bail-out-thames-water-says-feargal-sharkey Not being aware of Feargal Sharkey's campaigning work in this area I… (View Post)

Heightism is definitely a thing, especially when it comes to choosing a leader. The primitive part of our brains tell us we need the biggest toughest silverback to fight off the other groups of apes … (View Post)