Not necessarily in their 80s and 90s. The illnesses kindly conferred on them do AFAIK shorten life. (View Post)

The 2CC I can, however, see as an investment in the future in the most basic sense. I don't hold with the simplicistic breeding of shiftless proles notion . Lots of folk end up poorer than they had p… (View Post)

That's not entirely a joke, though it's a good one. I'm increasingly aware how few places there are one can get a range of opinions and comments [edit] outwith the silos. (View Post)

English* libel tourism has been an open scandal for decades. *Simply because it's a different legal system in Scotland - they've tried to put a stop to it there but I'm not sure how well it works. ht… (View Post)

Not so many female prisoners ... and not so many of those are (a) illegal immigrants and (b) sex criminals. So they DO NOT COUNT for the DM or DT. (View Post)