Good for young people? Give me a break! Young people have been screwed over, yet again, as is de rigueur. The Student Loan threshold freeze means that people working full-time on Minimum Wage who are… (View Post)

We should also remember the principle of precedence and that when someone we might approve of does something, then that could greenlight someone we despise doing similar. And if you tolerate this, th… (View Post)

3) We have been better at diagnosing issues that would have in the past been dismissed as normal/naughty/whatever. (View Post)

I would be curious to compare the overheads such as business rates pubs faced then and now, other taxes, energy bills, and wage bills. (View Post)

Annual inflation is 3.6% per year, so that's only a 0.7% pay rise on the incredibly generous assumption they're actually getting a 5% pay rise. If they're getting say a 3.6% pay rise, … (View Post)