Obviously, this is all anecdotage, but my wife is one of the very small group who were badly affected, twice. She was born in January 1955, and saw her retirement age raised from 60 to 64, and then a… (View Post)

Names to be reckoned with - is JackW really still around? Andrea (an Italian man) had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the internal machinations of the Labour Party. He could give chapter and verse as s… (View Post)

Oh, Mike, you will be missed! I think I have been around (on and off) for about 19 of those 20 years, and your idea (and hard work) has been an endless source of enjoyment and education throughout. I… (View Post)

Indeed, you are right - and certainly I can't see any political party bailing out the Conservatives (with the possible exception of ReFUK.) On a more general point, though, I really ought to try… (View Post)

I think you might be on to something, so let's push it a bit...... Disadvantaged children to be sent to boarding schools to fill up all the places caused by the introduction of VAT onto fees. Al… (View Post)