Admittedly, that is considerably less awful than most current Yougov polls for the Conservatives. (View Post)

Overall, investment is now about 12% higher, than in June 2016. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/businessinvestment/latest#business-investment-data (View Post)

Elite overproduction is essential, IMHO. There have to be more outstanding people than available positions, so that societies can bounce back from the culling of elites. (View Post)

Right now, the Conservatives have much the biggest problem with sleaze. But the biggest scandals, those that really hurt the public, like child sexual abuse, the Post Office, infected blood, they run… (View Post)

Our problems in 2010 were acute (risk of banking collapse, high unemployment, looming crisis in the Eurozone). Now, they are chronic. (View Post)