Paul Johnson of the IFS sounding distinctly iffy about Truss overall, on C4 news earlier. He seems to draw a very clear disrinction between what he calls "essential one-off costs", like the… (View Post)

That's to rewrite history. Grieve and the others only came in when May had already sufficiently caved in to the extremists on her side to be threatening no-deal as a negotiating tactic, and even… (View Post)

We got a hard Brexit because of Theresa May's red lines and Boris Johnson's opportunism. No other principal reason. (View Post)

The "Quiet Man is turning up the volume" is still the gold standard of awful Tory leadership speeches that I use for measurement and reference, so Truss still has someway to go on this. Dun… (View Post)

"All the competitors have been great, and no one should go home feeling like a loser. The entrants for Britain in Bloom this year have been of exceptionallly high quality, and I want to thank ev… (View Post)