Watched the speech. This conference was the expert Monopoly player with all the houses and hotels loaded on the juicy spots casually passing Go for another £200, while his opponents sit there with th… (View Post)

The thing to realise though, is what appeals to party members and political obsessives is not particularly what wins you elections. People want to feel good about themselves and their country, and th… (View Post)

Inflation will be a price worth paying if it is accompanied by an improvement in strategic resilience. This is no guarantee and requires competent and likely highly interventionist government. Covid … (View Post)

Hmmm… panic buying exacerbated a legitimate shortage in fuel because just in time stock management couldn’t cope when the average punter decided to refill a half empty tank than a 90% empty tank. The… (View Post)

. It would be amusing if Burnham was a defector (View Post)