We all know that, I suspect even Rachel Reeves knows it. The problem is where do you start in reducing the size of the deficit and reduce borrowing to only that where it has value (long term capital … (View Post)

Morning all :) No significant surprises in that polling. It all plays to the misconceptions (or prejudices if you prefer) you would expect. £14 billion on overseas aide isn't a small number but … (View Post)

Ford wasn't on the 1972 GOP ticket - he only became Vice President after Agnew's resignation. Reagan ran him close in 1976 under those exceptional (and I think unique) circumstances. Normal… (View Post)

Seriously? Five and a bit years on and we're still hearing this nonsense. My recollection was people were happy to withdraw into isolation and very many were frightened, if not for their own hea… (View Post)

Hindsight is a wonderful thing as we all know. At the time, the coronavirus seemed a destructive malevolence almost outside control yet it wasn't quite like the apocolyptic tales of science fict… (View Post)