Whether Sweden's heterodoxy succeeds, they deserve respect for following their own path in an open and reasoned way. Whether or not they succeed they will have given all of us a lesson for the f… (View Post)

Maurice Peston had his own idiosyncrasies. A typical utterance I heard after a paper of his was "that was very Maurice". Always had a leftish slant on any topic. (View Post)

Superb interview on Radio 4 (World at One) with Jonathan Sumption, arguing a heterodox view of current events. (View Post)

Patrick O'Flynn gets it (as usual) This is not a premier anchored to ideology, just one who has what might be termed 'ceteris paribus inclinations' that he is ready to temper given the… (View Post)

Isn't it normally two short planks? (View Post)