The interesting (or astonishing) bit is what it tells us about democracy and governance. Thatcher (as you mention her) argued a position - she argued it at every opportunity - because she believed in… (View Post)

Late afternoon all :) Off to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich today hoping to become an exhibit. Old wooden commentary like mine belongs in a museum, I'm told, and the new Centrist wing look… (View Post)

Evening all :) Currently, almost a year's worth of gains on the DJIA has been wiped out in an extraordinary act of "self harm" (there are many other ways to describe what has happened of co… (View Post)

Morning all :) It seems then discussion of the Trump tariff policy (which has nothing to do with us leaving the EU) is framed in the context of us leaving the EU. The stock market perturbations aren'… (View Post)

Oddly enough, realignments can happen very quickly - look at 1989 when Eastern Europe aligned itself away from Moscow toward the West, happened in a few weeks. (View Post)