Quite. And the banks were too big to fail and the entire global financial sector so outsize partly because the lines of social responsibility had long been cut by London and New York. (View Post)

This was in exactly in the era that our Brexiter hero, Daniel Hannan, and an influential voice in the party wrote an article suggesting that Britain should adopt an even lighter-touch "Icelandic… (View Post)

It's strange. It's both a horrifically fascinating and politically relevant combination. I feel strangely drawn to watching it, like a 1970's crime drama shot in seedy and smoke-filled… (View Post)

We need that for Johnson on a permanent basis. Apologies, in advance. (View Post)

He also needs to be very careful that he doesn't shoot himself in the foot in reverse, though, by sidelining figures such as Rayner or Miliband. I'm not fully convinced that he understands … (View Post)