I think Starmer has nailed it with his attack line: "Tory casino economics is gambling the mortgages and finances of every family in the country." Labour will pull further ahead as the Gove… (View Post)

I think there's a very real risk the government triggers a debt crisis. Here's the difference with 2020: - The Bank of England is now selling gilts in the billions, not buying them - UK pen… (View Post)

Quantitative tightening announced as well. £80bn over the next 12 months starting in October. (View Post)

In a different fiscal situation, I don't mind the choice of Truss' tax cuts: - NI is a tax on jobs and should never have been increased. Income tax was the way to do that if it needed to be… (View Post)

I suspect Putin quite likes being alive. Using nuclear weapons creates a very serious, unpredictable risk of that not continuing to be the case. The threats to him would be so numerous as to be wholl… (View Post)