O/T the ONS has now concluded the economy is 1.8% bigger than it was pre-pandemic, rather than 0.5% smaller. Growth for Q.1 was revised to 0.3%. Getting the numbers right matters, when it comes to se… (View Post)

When Ken Richardson, owner of East Riding Sacks, https://www.eastridingsacks.com hired a bunch of goons, to burn down Doncaster Rovers Stadium, in 1996, one of them left behind a rucksack with a mobi… (View Post)

If a member of one's own family , or a prominent local figure, dies, one feels it more keenly than if one reads a thousand deaths in the Congo. That's simply a part of the human condition. (View Post)

I'd say the issue with the Red Wall is simply that a lot of these were seats that had been moving away from Labour for a long time, especially ex-mining constituencies. I don't think it was… (View Post)

The electoral impact of extending VAT to all forms of educational activity would be interesting. (View Post)