I think this is an important development: This is hugely important. SAGE members rebelling & speaking out: too early to lift lockdown. The ‘clear science
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Mythbuster: We have to repay the national debt
The myth We have to repay the national debt. Reply The reply – 1 We never have! It’s been rising almost constantly since it began.
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The Bank of England has pretty much answered the question ‘who is going to pay for this?’ They are.
Michael Saunders of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee gave a speech yesterday that was worthy of attention. He said this: With the collapse
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Johnson may survive the Cummings crisis but his days are still numbered
It would seem that Johnson thinks he can keep Cummings, simply by grinding down the media until they give up the demand that he go,
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£30 billion would be a useful start for the climate transition that we need, but we will need very much more
I have long argued for a Green New Deal. So, of course, I welcome this news in The Guardian yesterday: The UK needs to invest
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Understanding the myths that need to be tackled
I have now done some analysis on all the answers to the question I raised last weekend on the economic, and other, myths that need
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The UK has the highest coronavirus death rate. What is truly sad is that this was the result of political choice, and not by chance
The FT has noted this morning: The UK has suffered the highest rate of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic among countries that produce comparable data,
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Mythbusters: there’s been no corporate tax cut in the UK
The myth Dan Neidle is a corporate tax lawyer. I am told he tweeted this today (I can’t tell, because he’s blocked me): So the
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Gove for PM? Really?
I keep hearing rumours that Gove is being lined up to be PM. After this? I missed this. Wow pic.twitter.com/gjIwgV1CfO — Nick Murphy (@nickmurftweets) May
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