House prices will increase to absorb any stamp duty cut, absolutely. But the point of eliminating stamp duty is not to cut house prices, it’s to reduce the friction imposed on the economy that stamp … (View Post)

Oh look, the East Coast Main Line is running absolutely flat out, with no room for any more trains, despite the demand for them from both passenger & freight services: https://www.railmagazine.co… (View Post)

Have we talked about this blog post by Ben Ansell ? https://benansell.substack.com/p/british-politics-midlife-crisis Very interesting analysis of where the various party’s voters fall on by politics … (View Post)

@HYUFD I have been thinking of you on & off since hearing your very sad news. Wishing you & your wife the best at this most difficult time. My wife still occasionally talks about the way a st… (View Post)

The Economist has always been written by precocious 22 year olds with no life experience who have been given the editorial goal of making their readers feel smart. (Bagehot might be the exception to … (View Post)