The problem with the OBR is self-imposed though. The government chained itself to not raising the major headline taxes in a pre-election escalation of promises between Labour and the other main parti… (View Post)

On topic: the only way we’re getting a GE in 2027 would be a total collapse of the party that splits the Parliamentary Labour Party in two over something so existential that neither half is willing t… (View Post)

It seems likely that the procurement of F35As was partially driven by the need to have a backup delivery method for a nuclear deterrent. The PR announcement is quite explicit about it:… (View Post)

IIRC Farage got his start commodities trading. His transition to “public service” came much later. (View Post)

The blunt truth is that we have intertwined our national defence so closely with the US that we have to maintain a relationship with them no matter how much it sticks in the craw. As the junior partn… (View Post)