There is that. The very posh public schools are almost totally unaffordable now, except for the super wealthy. Most need £50-60k per year, with VAT, and very very few can afford that. By contrast, th… (View Post)

That leads too readily to a dismissal of the impact of VAT. A price shock of 20% on fees, plus employer's NI rising to 15%, and making the schools fully taxable businesses, will push up costs by 25%+… (View Post)

The interesting thing is, had the UK/US not already been fighting Germany, (edit: yes I know the US didn't come in until the end of 1941) Japan wouldn't even have had the successes they did in 1941. … (View Post)

The key is to be well-groomed, smelling pleasant, wearing well-fitting clothes for your body frame, and nice, smart, clean shoes. The rest is a question of taste/style, but I know few people (especia… (View Post)

Let's see if this works. 50 a week isn't much. It would need to be almost all of them to stop it and, even then, it might simply increase overall asylum numbers via the "safe" route. No-one… (View Post)