Given the eye watering sums being paid on debt interest, I’m surprised there isn’t more discussion about quickly reducing the deficit and starting to pay down the debt pile. (View Post)

Looks like the damage was done during the GFC, and the immediate aftermath. Set the baseline to 2014 and the blue curve would be almost identical to the thick black line. (View Post)

Naughty. (View Post)

Well the ceasefire motion in the Commons was clearly ignored, so it must be taken to the next level. (View Post)

The BoE made a £4bn profit on that intervention. (View Post)