What utter nonsense on all fronts. Specifically on China, you do realise that Xi Jinping only became General Secretary in November 2012, I imagine? The China that the excellent Cameron-Osborne govern… (View Post)

Curious that you didn't make the same observation about @Benpointer's post. Double standards, much? (View Post)

You have to hand it to Rishi: claiming to be a tax-cutting Chancellor just weeks after raising the tax burden to its highest level for 70 years takes some chutzpah. Bravo! (View Post)

We shouldn't panic, but it's perfectly reasonable to take more precautions (both individually and nationally), pending more information. So wear your masks (N99 if it looks like a high-risk… (View Post)

Too early to tell. However, the thing is clearly growing extraordinarily fast - they're getting a 24.3% positivity rate, which means they must be missing lots and lots of cases, so it's pro… (View Post)