It’s been widely reported that April was the hottest month on record, do you agree ?

Good to see London doing well ranking as top city for foreign investment. ey.com/en_gl/foreign-…

One easy graphic which explains why we should seek to keep as much activity as possible in the private sector.

Personally think that if this turns out to be remotely correct the Tories should not panic - not great going into an election year but it’s not an all is lost gap - if Susan Hall runs Khan close in London, a good result in the West Midlands with Any Street likely to win, and with…

The S&P Global UK Services PMI - considered a key measure of activity - rose to 55 in April, data which would suggest the OECD report is nonsense reuters.com/world/uk/oecd-…

I strongly suspect this is going to be proved completely wrong - I have lots of criticism of the UK’s high tax approach but many of the international bodies have proved wrong year after year on the UK economy - the anti Brexit animus infects the modelling reuters.com/world/uk/oecd-…

To say this is below the belt is an understatement, Labour must be rattled to go into the gutter - in a way it’s a compliment to Hall, hope Wes has a not very good libel lawyer

China buying gold - current price $2338 per ounce - the geniuses of the last Labour govt sold UK gold reserves on average at $275 per ounce in the late 1990s - expect more of this genius level financial acumen in future years - as they nationalise and tax us to nirvana…

Railways - under nationalisation without a profit motive passengers numbers fell at a time population was rising, after privatisation- passenger number steeply rose - Labour’s conclusion from 70 + years of data as to which system leads to greater use of rail resources -…

There’s a strange yellow object in the sky which I have become completely unfamiliar with, can anyone remind me what it is?

Set myself the task of reading Hayek’s Road to Serfdom - suspect if there is one sentence that highlights his philosophy - the text below is it

Rayner’s ‘pint sized’ jibe is an interesting example of the strange law that insults based on height are socially ok but any other reference is beyond the pale, imagine the furore if she’d insulted his race for example - it’s curious how so many have said she shouldn’t be…

Happy St George’s Day !

Just walking in Mile End Cemetery and reflecting on the hard lives of the people buried here, here’s a memorial to Dr Bernardo’s three children who died at five months 9 and 12

Lots of talk about the Cass review but I realise lots of people haven’t had access to it, here it is

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Conservatism is about allowing citizens to make their own choices, take responsibility for themselves and their family and earn their own living, creating responsible citizen who have confidence and self-respect. The ban on smoking is the exact opposite of this which shows…

Can someone explain to me how if a mainstream conservative grouping cannot have a meeting in Brussels how membership of the ECHR protects the rights of treaty members - this wasn’t some violent protest. It was just a bunch of people coming together to talk ideas - how can closing…

A plaque in a church in North Norfolk. I was intrigued, what would the British doing attacking a fort in China in 1859? This was an episode during the second opium war where the UK and others were trying to force the Chinese to open up the opium trade - not our finest hour

I have not followed the Angrla Rayner story closely, but it’s amusing to see a bunch of people outraged at Boris standing next to a cake in his own house seemingly upset that a senior politician is being scrutinised for an alleged tax fraud

When the ferociously anti Brexit Financial Times is bullish on the UK, it’s worth taking note - IMV We are going to see a surprise on the upside for UK growth, as inflation and interest rates go down UK consumers will have more to spend, global investors will notice the massive valuation…