We all saw Greta in action back in 2019-20 and - promoted by whatever adult agency was lurking in the background - how she captured attentio...

Nope, we're not setting up in competition with Martin Lewis: but a couple of BTLers have raised some specific energy questions of late, ...

We've several times mused over Putin's gas weapon :  how he's carefully kept Germany supplied and, in turn, how careful Ukraine ...

'Nuff said Some smiles to be had from this week's Culture War exchanges.  Firstly, and hearteningly, the world swimming body FINA ha...

Anon, BTL previous post - " any investment suggestions?" ...  Well we can't and don't do financial advice or recommendati...

Does anyone remember Mark Carney. back in the days when we thought only hiring foreign experts would do, we had this Canadian lead the Bank ...

Here's a really telling piece of pop psycho-philosophy for our times.  Who could she possibly mean? It's Veronika Stepanova, a Russi...

 It is amazing really how long the Government and the media take to cotton on to real world events.  As readers here will know, as soon as t...

Last year I had cause, for the first time ever, to rent a small lockup in a large, purpose built storage emporium, one of a well-known chain...

Who he? I am a long-time amateur student of how the big parties change their leaderships.  If there's one iron rule, it's that the l...

 ... and not before time. I suppose everybody already knows what they think about the shameless oaf.  If not, have a read of this . Open thr...

Ten days ago, one of our BTL anons asked: why aren't the Russians interdicting Western military supplies en route to Ukrainian forces? ...

Many moons ago, I wrote an article, amongst the first in the UK in 2008/9 about the thought of the UK trying to loosen monetary policy via q...

The bulk of the Left of the Labour Party, having thoroughly swallowed the mendacious soft-focus " I'm really a Corbynite " lea...

We may not have received full details yet, but here are a couple of immediate thoughts - to the negative. Crass bad politics in the presenta...

The capitalists are rather busy right now.  Yes, I'm on BTL notice to post on what Putin isn't doing, and why: but that must wait. ...

I always wonder about Simon Jenkins.  He writes crisply, with an air of massive authority, and the Graun gives him absolutely free rein.  S...

Here's a headline to wake up to on a dull Monday morning:  US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China, says Biden.    President says U...

After one week of the war in Ukraine,  we posted this :  Putin is guilty of Adolf-style micro-managing the military (the ever-tempting sin I...

The name won't mean anything to you, but the new Commander of UK Strategic Command is Lt Gen Sir James Hockenhull.  It's a signific...