It is welcome news that most shops closed to help arrest the pandemic are to open again today if they wish and if they can do safely. Many retailers have been inventive in working out how to allow people into shops to see the stock, to choose and to … read more
The PM should give no ground in talks next week. We need to take full control of our fish, our laws and our borders on January 1 2021. Nor do we need to delay bringing in checks at our borders on EU food and goods. They should be the same as the check… read more
I am glad the government started to test a sample of the population and to re test regularly to construct a time series of the incidence of the disease. The latest figures for the period 25 May to 7 June show the figure down to just 11 people having a… read more
As feared and predicted, UK GDP fell a massive 20.4% in April on top of the fall in March already reported. There were few surprises. Cars were down 41.6%, and food and beverage 38.8% as you would expect given the lock downs. Retail managed to keep t… read more
We live in amazing times. The graph of US money growth is pointing upwards at an unprecedented rate. The graph of the US budget deficit is almost vertical. The last three months has seen the issue of over $ 2 trillion of additional Treasury bills, sho… read more