James O'Brien is the left's Peter Hitchens. (View Post)

My own view is that the economy will perform pretty well for the rest of the decade, due to catch up from the abnormal 2020-23 period, rapid growth in business investment since 2021, and quite a high… (View Post)

On the reverse it should read: “You can have freedom of speech. But, I cannot guarantee freedom after speech.” (View Post)

The economy in Spring 1992 was in quite good shape. But, no one knew it at the time, because economic growth was (as so often) underestimated. What screwed the Conservatives was the ERM debacle in Se… (View Post)

Overall. Reform is polling about as well as UKIP in 2013-16. But, unlike UKIP, these votes are showing up nowhere in real elections. Leaving aside the special cases of Clacton and Rochester, UKIP won… (View Post)