I think Biden would be alright, but Trump is on the cusp of causing permanent damage to the political system in the US*, and the US reputation abroad. I'd like to see Trump jailed but will settl… (View Post)

If they had had any sense the day after the referendum Remain should have given up on all the opposition and refighting the referendum and started a campaign to join EFTA on the basis of honouring th… (View Post)

Construction does seem to be hard to measure for some reason or other. Generally though the ONS is a model of how to collect and analyse statistics to inform debate and policy, and they are very tran… (View Post)

There is nothing wrong with ONS reporting of things like GDP, they are invariably comprehensive and as accurate as possible. The ONS can't stop the media cherry picking figures to grind an axe. … (View Post)

It's almost certainly the greatest increase ever. Despite everything the UK economy grew in May and June, it almost certainly continued to do so in July and up to today. Eyeballing the charts I … (View Post)