But it's not a magic money tree. Every penny of that £100bn would have come out of someone's pocket - and in doing so driven inflation up, and economic activity down. With the economy in the toilet, … (View Post)

I believe they've just started a new UK series - set in Downing Street. (View Post)

Trouble with this particular attempt to play the man rather than the ball is that, assuming the IEA wonk's facts regarding the OBR's stated assumptions are correct (it seems probable that they are), … (View Post)

Very interesting comment from the someone at the IEA (I think) on a podcast I was listening to this morning. The gist of it was: The OBR decided ages ago Brexit would be a 4% hit. This was in their f… (View Post)

The weirdest bit of this is that the system could be fixed overnight (or at least made much better) by requiring you to enter a driving license number when booking, and then restricting block booking… (View Post)