It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Got my choir’s Christmas carol concerts coming up this Sunday at St Paul’s Covent Garden. A cheesy one in the afternoon for the Buble-bashers (not fun) th… (View Post)

“Globalisation, the invention of social media and pre-WW3 European politics 2010-2035”. Someone’s history PhD thesis in 2080, except nobody will be doing PhDs by then because of AI or because we’re a… (View Post)

Political news tends to take a couple of weeks to feed through into polling unless it’s completely apocalyptic. Polling moves slowly, especially when it’s an increase in party support. It’s like rive… (View Post)

With a smaller majority also a much higher proportion of MPs have ministerial jobs. The backbenchers are less dominant in the parliamentary party. (View Post)

Britain's savings rate is the highest it’s been for decades. Household and corporate debt are historically very low. And our economy is sclerotic. The two are not unconnected. Yes, we are saving too … (View Post)