My critics on here include those who complain I have gone soft on public spending and am too casual about the extent of borrowing. How wrong they are. I have constantly called for a Growth strategy which is the best way to get the deficit down more qu… read more
SAGE thinks it should continue with forecasts of covid and with plenty of advice to carry on testing and tracing and enforcing various limitations on freedom to try to reduce the spread of this particular disease. They think people trust them more tha… read more
The polling tells government a large majority believe the planet is warming thanks to man made CO 2. Polling would also tell government that a majority do not think that means they should buy an electric car, install a heat pumps or stop eating meat… read more
I do not think Russia will launch a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia will recognise that the main population of Ukraine outside the eastern cities is very hostile to Russia, would offer strong resistance to invasion and refuse to accept attempte… read more
Yesterday the government announced that it will be licencing more oil and gad fields for production in the North Sea soon. This follows an intervention by the Chancellor with the Business Secretary, whose department and regulators were delaying or ref… read more