Isn't the suggestion that Farage bought the house through his partner to avoid the extra Stamp Duty? That is perfectly legal, in the sense that he gives his partner money as a gift to buy the ho… (View Post)

You and lefty woke academics expressing sympathy for big pharma companies! Interesting lesson though, falling into the trap of thinking that because I used to know a lot about a subject I still do. (View Post)

And, having read a little more and talked to some colleagues over coffee earlier, I've concluded that I'm out of date and you were largely right in our earlier exchange. Some years ago I wo… (View Post)

What we need now is for Starmer to express his compete confidence in Donald Trump (and, why not, Putin, Xi, Orban, Erdogan etc) (View Post)

On reflection, my suggestion yesterday morning that Mandelson was not such a big story may have been misjudged. There's an awful lot of news going on at the moment, isn't there? (View Post)