“The public gets what the public wants” as Mr Weller once told us. He also told us the public wants what the public gets. Trying to square any number of conflicting circles is what Government has bec… (View Post)

Hardly reliable evidence but listening to some Americans on a Singapore River Cruise this afternoon, my sense is they like Trump not because they agree with him but because he’s doing something or at… (View Post)

Afternoon all from a thundery Singapore :) Fair to say the Chinese “live fire” exercises in the Tasman have alarmed both Australia and New Zealand and both Governments are using the incident as justi… (View Post)

The Little Scarlet jam is worth the journey alone. Extrapolating GE results from a swing in a local Council by-election is the sort of thing Liberal Democrats used to do. It shows the Stygian depths … (View Post)

Evening all from Singapore :) After 11 weeks in Kiwiland, a real change of pace and my first visit here in 19 years. Capitalism reigns supreme here but it works because society seems so well ordered.… (View Post)