If the Tories have Farage back as leader, it may splinter off some of the left of the party - but at the same time, it heals the huge chasm that's been opened up by Reform. A lot of the BigG types wi… (View Post)

They've got that bit right. They talked right, governed left, thus created a huge gap in the market for a actual party of the right. They're probably doomed regardless, but their only possible hope i… (View Post)

But that is to miss the point. Let us say, for convenience of argument and round numbers, that adding £50k of insulation to a new build reduces the gas bill from £1k/year to zero. Let us also assume … (View Post)

The stupid idea was building a capacity upgrade as a high speed line. There's a very strong law of diminishing returns as you increase speed. Allowing for plausible acceleration curves, 125mph still … (View Post)

As far as the DfT's pronouncements on HS2 are concerned, Mandy Rice Davies definitely applies. Sir Humphrey is hardly going to 'fess up that actually he and his ilk wasted tens of billions of quid go… (View Post)