There are too many “independent” observers of Scexit looking for problems and not proffering solutions. Scotland should just pass an Act of Parliament to rebase all contracts to groats on a 1-1 basis… (View Post)

Caught up on last night. Goodness me it got spicy! While I’m generally of the view the Scots should do what they want and I wish them well either way, there seems to be an awful lot of jilted lover s… (View Post)

Uk govt spending on the state pension is a shade under £100bn / year. Should it increase next year by +10% due to an artefact of the triple lock formula, that’s £10bn of extra spending every year, co… (View Post)

This is about the size of it. No one was terribly interested when we were EU members in the progress of signing free trade agreements. Bemoaning the failure of the Doha Round at fashionable parties w… (View Post)

The Mail is like Michael Caine’s explanation of the Joker: some men just like to watch the world burn. Its success (like most media) stems from feeding the darker passions. Fear, envy, anger, mistrus… (View Post)