Hmm. Neither the French nor the Irish have ever been renowned for their love of the English. Indeed, the only people the French hate more than the English are the Parisians (who, according to numerou… (View Post)

Surprisingly (for me at least) the highest November temperature recorded in England is 21.1 degrees on November 5th 1938. Be interesting to see if this is beaten by the current heatwave. I choose Nov… (View Post)

Hmm. I think I would disagree. Surely that 16% covers the black (or white) swan event that brings a Tory majority into play. Two years is a bloody lifetime in modern politics and I think I would be t… (View Post)

What would Shell pay a windfall tax on? Their UK production is around 87,000 BOE per day (on which they are already paying 70% tax). Which is a whole 2.9% of their daily worldwide production. And all… (View Post)

Though I should add for clarity that I do not think the NI protocol should be dumped. Quite apart from everything else we should not renege on our treaty commitments. (View Post)