No, on the contrary. The Tories want to nail all the current woes on the very short-lived Truss episode, and pretend that they were an abberation that has nothing to do with sound economic management… (View Post)

We do indeed need to look at the nitty gritty as you say, but even without that there is a particular danger to the approach of assuming that the Republicans will prevail based on random statistical … (View Post)

No that's not a good bet. Looking at 538 there are 20 House seats left to call. The Republicans have 211, the Democrats 204, with 218 needed for a majority. So you are betting that the Republica… (View Post)

Portugal is definitely not fucked. That's based on an extended stay with family in central Portugal last Autumn when my son married a Portuguese lass, in the main spent well away from the main t… (View Post)

On thread. Of those with mortgages, most have yet to experience any pain from recent events. In each year since about 2014, more than 90% of new borrowers have opted for fixed rate deals, and of thes… (View Post)