"Of course not," replied Nasreddin, "but starting tomorrow the Telegraph will be publishing columns like 'New scientific discoveries show that what we call 'whinnying' i… (View Post)

For Tory MPs the relevant facts are not "did the PM do wrong?" but rather "will wrongdoing be documented in such a way that we can no longer pretend it didn't happen/wasn't w… (View Post)

Regarding the VONC/noVONC week ahead, it's hard to see the Gray report containing anything that changes what happens next. If it's unexpectedly soft on the PM it will just be seen as a cove… (View Post)

I think only US is in +ve territory across pandemic and only Japan is more -ve than UK. We had fastest growth Q3-20 to Q3-21 but Q3-21 in isolation was pretty poor cf G7. It’s easy to cherrypick a me… (View Post)

More a case of wanting honesty about failings so that they can be addressed rather than responding to failure by pretending everything is “world-beating”. (View Post)