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To be fair though - rationing was introduced to stop food inflation alongside other measures - home front just as important as the fighting fronts?
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
To be fair though - rationing was introduced to stop food inflation alongside other measures - home front just as important as the fighting fronts?
We need to copy the Eurosceptics and UKIP. They didn’t shut up for 20 years - panicked Cameron into the referendum and got what they wanted.
We need to do the same.
We need to do the same.
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
We need to copy the Eurosceptics and UKIP. They didn’t shut up for 20 years - panicked Cameron into the referendum and got what they wanted.
We need to do the same.
We need to do the same.
‘Relatively‘ sane
January 27, 2026 at 7:15 AM
‘Relatively‘ sane
Surely just copy what Mark Carney is doing. Seems like a no brainer
January 26, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Surely just copy what Mark Carney is doing. Seems like a no brainer
Et tu Morgan?
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Et tu Morgan?
I often wondered whether the endless re-runs of Dads Army - and the opening credits map - fed Into the English exceptionalism tendency that manifested in Brexit. Interesting to read that Lowe - a classic 70s Tory - campaigned for ‘Yes’ in 1975. Different times.
January 23, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I often wondered whether the endless re-runs of Dads Army - and the opening credits map - fed Into the English exceptionalism tendency that manifested in Brexit. Interesting to read that Lowe - a classic 70s Tory - campaigned for ‘Yes’ in 1975. Different times.
meds wore off
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
meds wore off
Really? Lancaster House speech was incredibly dumb.
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Really? Lancaster House speech was incredibly dumb.
Ruling out single market membership at the outset was spectacularly stupid
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Ruling out single market membership at the outset was spectacularly stupid
Interesting. Having worked for several US firms they are invariably bloated, inefficient, bureaucratic, and poorly managed. US firms benefit from scaling in their massive single market; this allows global dominance. I am not convinced the US economy is dynamic at all. Also a massive credit bubble.
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Interesting. Having worked for several US firms they are invariably bloated, inefficient, bureaucratic, and poorly managed. US firms benefit from scaling in their massive single market; this allows global dominance. I am not convinced the US economy is dynamic at all. Also a massive credit bubble.
Did he lend them his own pair of kneepads ?
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Did he lend them his own pair of kneepads ?
Similarly receipts from predatory gambling firms helps reduce the deficit (addiction, poverty, mental health impacts dont show up on treasury balance sheets)
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Similarly receipts from predatory gambling firms helps reduce the deficit (addiction, poverty, mental health impacts dont show up on treasury balance sheets)
Main takeaway is that the work invested on the US/UK ‘trade deal’ was a fool’s errand
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Main takeaway is that the work invested on the US/UK ‘trade deal’ was a fool’s errand
Isn’t there a school of thought that UK economic growth post 1945 was hampered by the heavy military spending ?
January 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Isn’t there a school of thought that UK economic growth post 1945 was hampered by the heavy military spending ?
Their own supply I believe.
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Their own supply I believe.
BBC salary £370k a year!!!! How is he also allowed to moonlight writing opinion pieces as a permanent BBC journalist?
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
BBC salary £370k a year!!!! How is he also allowed to moonlight writing opinion pieces as a permanent BBC journalist?
Also *THEY ARE RICHER PER CAPITA THAN DENMARK* absolutely no reason for there to be any strife at all. They should be chilling so hard.
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Also *THEY ARE RICHER PER CAPITA THAN DENMARK* absolutely no reason for there to be any strife at all. They should be chilling so hard.
Not modern at all and a popular history book - but Ian Mortimer’s Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England has very evocative section on juries and trials during that period.
January 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Not modern at all and a popular history book - but Ian Mortimer’s Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England has very evocative section on juries and trials during that period.
Genuine question: is the cost of HS2 actually a big number in the context of a £3 trillion er year economy? Surely it’s a long term investment that Britain can easily afford? Surely by itself it wouldn’t have made a material impact in debt to GDP?
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Genuine question: is the cost of HS2 actually a big number in the context of a £3 trillion er year economy? Surely it’s a long term investment that Britain can easily afford? Surely by itself it wouldn’t have made a material impact in debt to GDP?
From the guy who made a career promising Brexit would fix everything too …. Shocking if true
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
From the guy who made a career promising Brexit would fix everything too …. Shocking if true
Good article. Putting aside the rights and wrongs, how on earth was this taking up any time at all at the top of government????
To the extent a senior politician should have been involved at all it should have stopped at the Foreign Secretary's desk.
To the extent a senior politician should have been involved at all it should have stopped at the Foreign Secretary's desk.
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Good article. Putting aside the rights and wrongs, how on earth was this taking up any time at all at the top of government????
To the extent a senior politician should have been involved at all it should have stopped at the Foreign Secretary's desk.
To the extent a senior politician should have been involved at all it should have stopped at the Foreign Secretary's desk.
Mad. Even if you truly believed that, why paint yourself into a corner. So dumb.
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Mad. Even if you truly believed that, why paint yourself into a corner. So dumb.
his point was how should they deal with hunger strikers. Positions on the war between Israel and Palestine aren't relevant to that question.
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
his point was how should they deal with hunger strikers. Positions on the war between Israel and Palestine aren't relevant to that question.
I’d say they know the price of everything and value of nothing … but they often don’t even get the price right …
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’d say they know the price of everything and value of nothing … but they often don’t even get the price right …
Wait until they find out about William of Orange
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Wait until they find out about William of Orange