The latest sanctions are having a surprisingly massive impact. The way it’s going, India and Turkey are going to have to decide pretty soon whether they still want to export refined product, or want … (View Post)

The Richard Tice speech / q&a at Bloomberg today was rather interesting. The comparison vs the current and recent chancellors, in experience, intellectual curiosity and charisma is pretty stark. (View Post)

Abolish the Scottish parliament and repeal devolution. Suck up the short term blowback and refuse any referendum. (View Post)

It would be rather strange to abandon the UK Single Market in favour of the European one, given the relative integration of trade between Scotland and those two. (View Post)

By the way I am recently enthralled by a twitter account called Mike The Litterpicker, who is the opposite of the Greggs fiends. A retired chap who spends his days roaming the streets of Walsall, col… (View Post)