There's a man opposite me on the Tube leafing through about £500+, mostly in £50 notes, leaving some of it on the seat beside him as he counts. Which goes to show (a) cash isn't dead, and (… (View Post)

Potemkin petrol stations! Love it. (View Post)

My Mum was a well-known and beloved GP. It was a rude awakening to have to negotiate healthcare after she retired. (View Post)

I think COVID and Ukraine have, indeed, had huge economic effects. Certainly bigger than Brexit in the short term. Which makes it difficult to tease out what was a Brexit effect. But I think COVID (a… (View Post)

Polling suggests that it was questions of competence rather than policy that sank the Tories at the last general election (and continue to depress their polling now). That is, it wasn't centrist… (View Post)