I spent some time in South India a few years back - I found Pondicherry rather quaint in a couple of streets with the old architecture, though the place as a whole I have to admit I didn’t particular… (View Post)

Andrew Bailey now creating a hostage to fortune by saying rates could come down quickly. If we have an Israel-Iran war, they’re likely not coming down at all! (View Post)

Spare a thought for Bridget Phillipson. It was a hard one to turn down. (View Post)

The issue for the Tories is that these voters are not natural Thatcherites, to put it mildly. They believe in low immigration, they don’t like ‘progressive’ policies or identity politics, a number ar… (View Post)

I think they would find it hard to lose any more voters to their left than they lost in this GE. OK, it’s entirely possible they go into terminal decline and their coalition splinters even further, b… (View Post)