From Labour's perspective, the Tories holding on for two more years with a competent chancellor making difficult decisions is a good outcome. It means the house fire will have mostly been put ou… (View Post)

Bond yields open down around 0.3%. Early days, but it looks like Hunt will come out looking very favourable when the history of this whole saga is written. (View Post)

It may have been popular, and as a standalone measure it may have not created this crisis, but Hunt now understandably needs to restore market confidence and that means erring on the side of fiscal p… (View Post)

The easiest spending cut is reducing energy consumption such that the government is on the hook for less. I personally think the energy price cap is too universal a measure and could be tiered such t… (View Post)

Current polling is truly extraordinary. We are in a position where every single Tory MP will be worried about losing their seat. There's no chance all will, but non-uniform swing means no one ca… (View Post)