Possible ways money is being lost: 1 Outright fraud, of the sort that did seem to happen at the peak of COVID; both the PPE panic and the business support schemes. 2 Government business systems could… (View Post)

But Republicans are still chirpier about the economy than at any point during the Biden years. OK, some of that is human nature. (See the posters here talking Britain down because Reeves is in charge… (View Post)

+ Guli is very definitely good news, would be a good Utility Christian for the Nation, and was far enough from the omnishambles to deal with it with clean hands. But I'm not sure she totally sto… (View Post)

Can't remember the source, but I recall reading something that Labour's plans make perfect sense of you decide that their target voter is a salaried employee who drives to work, would like … (View Post)

The central mystery is not why US markets are falling now, it's why they rose so much yesterday. As long as the US is basically not buying stuff from China, all sorts of businesses are in really… (View Post)