I have been saddened to read of the financial difficulties of Reading FC and to see the understandable impatience of fans with the owner and management. I have not made any public statements as government has no powers to intervene in these matters … read more
On 21 st September 2022 on the eve of Kwarteng/Truss budget the Bank announced a 0.5% hike in bank rate. This was designed to push up interest rates. Just to make sure it would mean higher mortgage rates on the same day they announced they would ove… read more
I write to counter the Labour lies that Liz Truss’s mini budget of September 2022 caused higher mortgage rates, owing to unfunded tax cuts. I wish to make it clear Liz Truss did not take my advice on either the mini budget or the policy on the condu… read more
Householders have been sent a glossy leaflet telling us from this summer Wokingham Borough Council are going to cancel weekly household rubbish collections and go over to fortnightly. They are scrapping the blue bags and spending money on black bins… read more
I was talking last evening to a US specialist in AI who had come to the UK. asking about what it would take for the UK to catch up with US AI and digital success she made two interesting responses. Lay on more electricity and water. If the UK is ser… read more