I think one of the issues is that (perhaps ironically for a Tory Government) the free schools agenda nationalised and centralised a lot of decision making just at the point that Gove hollowed out the… (View Post)

I hope you lower it every night after you sing the national anthem? (View Post)

It’s by no means certain, but you’d bet on the major economies all taking decisions to create a bit of a boom between now and 2024. Boris gets credit for vaccinations, erasing any memories of the oth… (View Post)

They usually don’t. It’s a good election line though. (View Post)

Labour has forgotten how to win. Blair didn’t win on a platform of “we’ll spend a bit more than the other lot and generally be a bit kinder” which seems to be what the team round Starmer thinks it re… (View Post)