The last vestiges of Thatcherism have gone. The cult of the individual is over. Government is a good thing and will intervene to boost business if needed and punish it if it is naughty. Markets not working properly ‘will be repaired’. Monetary policy is not working for ordinary people. Interest rate policy is a fiasco, or […]
Even the fact that he never pays Federal Tax, which would have sunk any other presidential candidate, seems not to impact Trump badly, although the polls show Hilary pushing ahead again. Many people hate the Federal government and its taxes, so they agree with Trump when he says he is smart. The difficulty for pollsters and pundits is that […]
The resignation of the newly elected leader Diane James because she cannot gain control, is a public declaration that the party for UKIP is all but over. It had a purpose and it fulfilled it. It was a platform for Nigel Farage. It achieved its goal. The UK is off out of the EU. Farage […]
The record crash in the value of sterling is greeted with consternation by importers and retailers who import a high volume of the goods they sell. It is also tricky for supermarkets who import so much of our food and eventually all this will feed through in a rising cost of living. But for manufacturers […]
May did well on Andrew Marr. She was assured and forthright about her ambitions. Of course, like all politicians, on the details she was either opaque or she waffled. The phrases about governing for all the people are the emotional cry of every new Prime Minister since Pitt the Younger. But she did convey the impression […]
The news that the government is dumping the cruel and costly process of re-examine the validity of claims of those with long term conditions, likely to get worse rather than better, is very good news. Once the diagnosis has been confirmed it is just not right to force the most vulnerable to be endlessly re-tested; […]