The highlighted bit needs a bit more context. a) The past decades were periods where money to invest in productive technology had never been cheaper b) It was also a period when immigration increased… (View Post)

Talking about regime change, I've been having a clear out of old papers as you do this time of year and found a Xmas Round Robin from the mid 90's when Russia was in need of technical help.… (View Post)

A sound idea except .... the main issue with doing something 'productive' is that the UK management ethos is to do it cheaply by throwing cheap labour at jobs rather than chasing productivi… (View Post)

Perhaps a question for the 2026 PB quiz. How many slabs or PB get bounced at the US Border. (View Post)

We can’t afford the drop in GDP from cancelling Xmas no matter how good the idea. (View Post)