You misunderstood my point. I wasn't suggesting that we shouldn't develop new sectors, quite the opposite. But they need to be ones where we can get a competitive advantage. Of course civil servants … (View Post)

One of the key drivers of productivity, which doesn't get enough attention, is that it depends enormously on what sectors a country employs people in. You want to maximise your competitive advantage.… (View Post)

Of course there is. So as well as business services, you want to encourage pharmaceutical manufacturing and research, specialist aerospace, luxury goods, fashion, popular culture, culture-based touri… (View Post)

I think we have a last-minute winner in the PB Cattiest Remark of 2022 competition. (View Post)

I think there's a deal to be done, whereby unelected bishops shut up in exchange for silence from unelected former Brexit secretaries. (View Post)