The US is the real mystery to me. A great economy, fabulously wealthy, immensely powerful, yet with life expectancy down to 73, and large parts of it that look like Jaywick or the most rundown bits o… (View Post)

If one can persuade oneself one is “punching up”, one can be out and proud about one’s own bigotry. (View Post)

If IHT is abolished, one might expect a fall in the value of farmland, as it would cease to be of use as a tax shelter. (View Post)

I’d expect them to win 2-3% overall, 10%+ in a handful of seats. (View Post)

For once, I have some sympathy with the government. They get the blame for rising inflation, but no credit for falling inflation. In reality, both the rise, and the fall, are the result of external f… (View Post)