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)

And it's also dumb. Hypothetical referendum polling is notoriously unpredictable and can change radically in reality. Actual voting hinges on what's actually on the table, the quality of the campaign… (View Post)