How old is the average pensioner? 75 maybe. How long have they got? Perhaps 10 years. So the WFA clawback is going to cost them about £2500 altogether. It's going to cost non-pensioners twice as… (View Post)

What other strict liability offences are there? Is there no permissible defence or mitigation? Might this be construed as a touch oppressive? (View Post)

My modest proposal is to turn HS2 into a metro line straddled by a longitudinal city two miles wide and 150 miles long. That would leave the rest of the country free for planting spuds, grazing sheep… (View Post)

I preferred Byronic: mad, bad and dangerous to know. (View Post)

Fifty years ago the Left used to fantasise about storming 'the commanding heights' of the economy. That would have been coal mining, steel making and ship building. (View Post)