One of Nicola Sturgeon’s advisers has ridiculed the economic plans for independence for a “complete lack of specificity” and said that it would take decades to restabilise the economy after a “yes” v… (View Post)

Fun thread: European civilization is built on ham and cheese, which allowed protein to be stored throughout the icy winters. Without this, urban societies in most of central Europe would simply not h… (View Post)

One of the lesser discussed controversies of the NI rise to pay for care is that carers on minimum wage would be among those paying for the care of their sometimes wealthy residents. One care home ma… (View Post)

Me Herdson, late of this Parish: I note that those left-of-centre commentators who were so critical of Johnson and the London govt and laudatory of the administrations in Edinburgh and Cardiff for th… (View Post)

Guess what? In the so called "Tax Haven" of Guernsey I pay more tax on my pension than I would in the UK - a combination of lower personal allowances and all income being subject to Guernse… (View Post)