Part of the attraction of Thatcher is that, unlike Johnson, I consider her the least worried about being unpopular. But it's such a hard question to answer. PMs are of their time and it's h… (View Post)

If Boris holds his nerve over the next few months, then at least his instincts will have served us well in this part of the pandemic. What we really needed was for @SandyRentool to be PM. :) (View Post)

Do you mean the OBR rather than the ONS? I don't care about forecasts, I care about reality. And the reality is that we're still only back to where we were in 2009. There's a long way … (View Post)

What I'm saying is, I don't think masks and WFH will make much difference. And if the government says, we need to do X to help get on top of hospitalisations, what happens if X doesn't… (View Post)

Do you think the government should do whatever it takes to protect the NHS from having a difficult winter? If necessary, should we shut schools? Should we (try to) cancel Christmas? (View Post)