Oh, it's so obvious, I'm not surprised no-one bothered to answer. The reason is of course that private operations have typically done better at running things that state monopolies, in the UK at leas… (View Post)

He has a perfectly good answer to that, which is that the very exceptional circumstances of the pandemic required a massive splurge to keep the country going. It's even an answer which has the merit … (View Post)

Just got back from a few days in the Italian lakes. It was very hot but very agreeable. Nice to get back to the cool of England, though. Anything much happened whilst I've been away? (View Post)

I think it's just lowest gets eliminated (View Post)

Also a Hunt endorsement might not exactly propel him forwards. But I think it is correct that he could pick up a decent chunk of the eliminated votes. (View Post)