Even if Harris wins, the ongoing division means that the outlook for America isn't Sunni. (View Post)

Yes, we're still in "somewhat less bad than the other lot" territory. An arresting image from Sam Freedman this morning; The image that kept occurring to me as I read through the detai… (View Post)

Steady on. The piece in today's Times by the director of the IFS reads like at least one and a half cheers; ...credit where it’s due. The budget may only have done enough to keep public investme… (View Post)

As the poet said, Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not strive Officiously to keep alive. But "striving officiously" is an awfully grey area, and gets more so each year. And whilst it&#… (View Post)

Certainly when it went stratospheric. Though the nature of exponential growths is that it's hard to say where the before and after are. Winding the clock back to a better time in the past is a n… (View Post)