There will always be banking crises. The point is that until Brown screwed up banking supervision, they had always been successfully contained by the BoE without any bank runs, ever since the reforms… (View Post)

No, no, no! This is a complete misrepresentation of both the reality and the criticisms of him. You don't judge regulation by quantity. People on the left seem to think that it's a linear s… (View Post)

It's certainly nothing to do with herd immunity because, if that were the cause of the reduction in cases, it would be a plateau first and then a gradual fall-off. And I think it's too earl… (View Post)

I presume you mean exports, but it would certainly be a great service to the UK if we were spared Danish 'bacon'. (View Post)

I think Nicola Sturgeon, although not in the lead yet, is coming up fast from behind. (View Post)