In the foothills-of-apocalypse position we now occupy, this may seem a prosaic concern: but where do they hide the budgets?    Well, this wa...

There was a Labour Chancellor, Hugh Dalton, who took the view that his purpose at the Exchequer, like that of the treasurer of a club, was s...

OK, so HMG is hell-bent on Sizewell C, to the extent that they are kissing the Frenchman's arse to get it done .  Since last week's ...

The question posed in CU's excellent post last week - Is an Agreement With Iran Wise ? - is a whole large step closer to being operative...

It may well be the first day of the UK election campaign today, but there will be plenty of time to consider that (notwithstanding your 3 ...

Ah, Chomsky, one of those really clever people who somehow always leave their brains at the door when it comes to politics. It's the 6...