To take a point made by both Rory Stewart and Sam Freedman (yes, I know, Centrist Dad Central, on the other hand, they were eyewitnesses) it was known that Truss was eccentric and mega-ambitious, but… (View Post)

Trouble is that revenue spending benefits us now, capital spending benefits future us, who are largely them. You need a strong social taboo to stop people eating seedcorn, and that taboo has been gro… (View Post)

And that attitude is part of the reason we're here. There's an interview with Nathaniel Fried, the DOGE-UK techie, in today's Times; Fried said he found “genuinely ancient” IT systems … (View Post)

It is the business of the wealthy man To give employment to the artisan. The only downside is that the enhanced GDP will make Rachel Reeves look good. (View Post)

Isn't the general principle that hardly anyone reads actual newspapers these days? The papers take themselves seriously, and the broadcasters like "tomorrow's front pages" as a pr… (View Post)