That's the entire point. The likes of Farage, Rees-Mogg and Corbyn, who are representative of small but very rich and/or very loud segments of public opinion, could be hived off into extremist sects … (View Post)

Quite right, but easier said than done when it comes to convincing the electorate - much of which either has nothing more to give or is very, very selfish - to follow the example. The Scottish indepe… (View Post)

Savings rates will crawl upwards because the banks will widen the difference between interest on loans and interest on savings to make more profit. And any pathetic amount earned by savers will be ef… (View Post)

Trying to make a positive case for the Special Budgetary Operation is rather like trying to make a positive case for the Chernobyl disaster. Something along the lines of "well, it turned a vast … (View Post)

Kwasi Kwarteng, 2012: “Governments often run a structural deficit to boost the economy with greater spending and lower tax. Unfortunately, this…has a poor track record.” https://twitter.com/PickardJE… (View Post)