How to survive a phone call with Donald Trump – POLITICO

With May, the relationship struggled to get off the ground because she and Trump took different stances on Brexit. Starmer, who is pursuing a “reset” with the European Union, could face a similar gulf. “Don’t underestimate or seek to downplay his antipathy toward the EU,” a fifth ex-official said. “He is very focused on the […]
How to save Britain from a doom loop of decay, decline – and default

And yet the size of the UK’s public sector has inexorably increased, from around 30pc of GDP last century to, during Covid, over 50pc; even now it is around 45pc. The number shows little sign of reducing. Second: along with a large state comes the corollary: high taxes. Over and again, academic studies have shown […]