Genuine question on all the plans to subsidise people's energy bills. Would we be better off putting the money into putting loft installation into everyone's homes? That would help reduce c… (View Post)

My youngest starts at school in a couple of weeks. I had for the last couple of years been looking forward to having much reduced childcare costs (was ~£500/month). Now as it turns out that is just g… (View Post)

Lightbulbs. How many houses use to run 60W or 100W lightbulbs. Now mostly replaced with bulbs likely to be around 5W. Considering lights are on a lot in the winter that is a massive power saving when… (View Post)

Airport anecdote. Arrived at security. Reasonably big queue but only 1.5 people dealing with it (half as someone was generally taking the priority queue - crews, transfers etc.). Took me 45 minutes t… (View Post)

Sounds like Germany in the 1930s (the literal motto of the Nazi party) - Ein Volk! Ein Reich! Ein Führer! Yet the Russians have the cheek to accuse the Ukrainians of being the Nazis! (View Post)