Fair play. Nice to see someone bravely tackling the important question: how much money can be incinerated in seven days without technically buying anything. (View Post)

You’ve got a broker note, relayed via the Telegraph, speculating that markets might get nervous. That’s conjecture dressed up as signal. Add in some reports of quiet dinners and calls with City types… (View Post)

On the face of it you have a point But he's prevaricated, obfuscated, weaselled about and thrown good (and bad) people under the bus to disguise that this was a political decision that backfired… (View Post)

Westminster record * Voted for the Iraq War. * Backed the 2004 introduction of higher tuition fees. * Senior health minister in the period leading into the Mid Staffs scandal (later apologised, but i… (View Post)

A turnover tax is one of those ideas that sounds clever right up to the point where you notice some firms have huge sales and tiny margins. Taxing turnover rather than profit means businesses can be … (View Post)