I'm actually fine with the principle of picking winners on this one. This company isn't making tomato ketchup, its technology could be very important to defence. Civil servants are right to… (View Post)

I knew the job retention was terribly targeted, but I didn't expect businesses to turn down free money. Embarrassing for Rishi. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53465971 (View Post)

My hunch would be that a second lockdown would really be seen as a political failure in a way that the first was not. I hope a second national lockdown is less likely though given that we have now ha… (View Post)

It is sobering to think how much impact decisions made in that week had. In a sense, being a week late is a small mistake with gargantuan and horrible consequences. Macron announced lockdown on March… (View Post)

Yes, tricky issue for Starmer to navigate. He's smart though. If he says Begum belongs in jail, that hopefully threads the needle of sounding tough, whilst also actually upholding the law. Might… (View Post)