Lobbying group lobbying for favourable treatment from the government? Maggie knew to ignore that sort of thing, and she was right. (View Post)

I think you're right, and it explains some of the messaging from the Reform-adjacent and their useful idiots. "Everything is so bad that Nigel can't be any worse" is tosh in many … (View Post)

That question only works if you add the other half of the equation. Do we want a hospitality industry so much that we are willing to increase other taxes or cut other spending to subsidise it? Do we … (View Post)

Pretty much. From there to Toby/Harvester/Pizza Express, anyway. Yes, I know. Or a very short menu done brilliantly, I guess. (Reducing the options was Gordon Ramsay's usual refrain on Kitchen N… (View Post)

After all, it was a temporary COVID fix and that's now long in the past. As with the Triple Lock, the issue is that there was never an exit strategy. Besides, I think we all agree that we want a… (View Post)