Fortunately, strong charismatic leaders have never ever sought to fudge electoral fig.. .. oh fudge. (View Post)

Here's the original press release with a quote from Bozza; https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2012/october/mayor-restores-free-travel-for-60yearold-londoners-with-the-60-london-oys… (View Post)

That might well be to confuse strategy for lethargy. Most think tanks start from their desired conclusion and work back to some plausible-sounding data. (View Post)

The paradox of the migration debate. Most people want the total numbers to fall, but don't want the numbers in most migration scenarios to fall. It's not quite "less migrants in theory… (View Post)

At that point, go for a chunky one-off bite out of public sector pay and non means-tested benefits. At the point just after the crisis, I reckon there would have been general tolerance for ten percen… (View Post)