Reflecting on the economy, I think the Tories are screwed at the next election. It is becoming increasingly apparent that we are heading for an inflation-induced recession. Inflation will remain very… (View Post)

The number of religious state schools that are near impossible to get in unless you feign interest in a fairy tale is particularly irritating. I would also not want my child to go to a religious scho… (View Post)

Exactly. And in a workplace there is generally a power imbalance as well that means people feel less able to protest against the 'banter' of colleagues. I think certain types of men think women are f… (View Post)

A curve ball on debt financing is that the Bank of England has already started reducing the amount of quantitative easing bonds held by not reinvesting maturing bond proceeds. It is quite possible th… (View Post)

With the appropriate level of respect, Schröder is more fairly viewed as an employee of the Russian state than he is as a Western leader. If he had any sense he would just keep his mouth shut given h… (View Post)