Ooh, a nice aerial of the Hinckley C site. (View Post)

A free marketeer might nevertheless find it not beyond him to appreciate that the exit of suppliers from the market gives the supermarkets a greater monopoly of what food remains, much of which is [e… (View Post)

Er, price controls can work either way. For instance, making the supermarkets pay a minimum for milk. I'm old enough to remember the Milk Marketing Board and the Egg Marketing Board. (View Post)

I can't help smiling when someone claims to be descended from famous person X in at least partly the paternal line. Not tactful to point out the logical flaw, though, so I don't. (View Post)

Agreed. A lot of *native* anglophones would benefit from a translator - both ways. (View Post)