The second part of that is certainly true. On the first, well, we're buffetted about by the financial weather - but some basic economic common sense would at least point the rudder in the right … (View Post)

But wealth which has been accumulated doesn't just sit in a drawer. If you put your money in the bank, it's available for other people to borrow, to invest in their own wealth creation. I s… (View Post)

Both sides are making me uncomfortable on this. This is an issue in which if you can't see the merits in the other side of the argument then you don't really deserve to join in. (View Post)

No, I didn't mean generous, I meant ungenerous! i.e. I think the true odds are more like 10-1. (View Post)

Broadly, yes. Though note that there is no magic wall between Lab and Ref and votes can bleed between the two (and also between LD and Ref - the "Fuck 'em" vote which LDs used to monop… (View Post)