What’s odd is I’ve come across a few old etonians over the years and in general found them to be intelligent, modest and in some cases intellectually brilliant (wider than academically, across the bo… (View Post)

On topic. It’s not a surprise that three members of the BOE are seeking to blame the govt. The Bank was not only asleep at the wheel at its prudential responsibilities but was incontinent with its ac… (View Post)

I have a particular perspective on the workings of the Chinese communist party too. And so far they’ve performed roughly as I would have expected. Studious neutrality. Not antagonising either Russia … (View Post)

It’s Ukrainian rope a dope in action again. It’s terrible for the poor bastards on the receiving end of those missiles. But militarily, oh my what a waste of what’s now a very precious resource for R… (View Post)

Musk gets lots of things wrong. In his calmer moments of public introspection he freely admits this. My earlier comment on him “being down the rabbit hole” was after I’d seen this tweet that he’d bee… (View Post)