For once @HYUFD is spot-on. The myth that Thatcher killed off the mining industry is exactly that, pure myth. If you can find a graph of output, or number of men employed, for the period 1950-2000, y… (View Post)

Unclear, but if things get very acrimonious, they will get acrimonious. Boris is taking us into the very worst of all possible worst worlds. (View Post)

Where does this idea, repeated several times here, that the EU is seeking unilateral 'ratchet' clauses come from? Because it certainly doesn't come from anything the EU has proposed. I… (View Post)

Yes, but it requires Boris to come back with a deal Starmer can equivocate over before he can get on with the equivocation. (View Post)

https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1336809115549626368 (View Post)