Judging by the many media types who are surprised at how much the government is spending, it does seem that the scale of the coronavirus problem still hasn't really sunk in. (View Post)

I genuinely do not understand how anyone can take a 15 year economic forecast at all seriously. You only have to think about the general election to the budget today to see how much BS is spouted abo… (View Post)

I could believe it being two to three times as bad, maybe even 10 times, and China being able to hide it. But if only 1% of China's population had it there ought to be nearly 14 million cases, a… (View Post)

If the plague was wiping us out HYUFD would be on here saying "30% dead is well below the Toba catastrophe which killed over 90% of the human race". (View Post)

One thing occurs to me, given what is happening now the Tories would have to be absolutely raving mad to do a trade deal with the US that involves healthcare. It would be political suicide. (View Post)