It took me three or four reads to get! (View Post)

FPT: Pretty much the only policy announced by Labour prior to the election was the VAT on private schools. Which was not done to improve education - because even the densest can see that it won'… (View Post)

London, and the South East generally, is a right bugger to tunnel in. Soft silts and muds. Manchester - indeed most of the north - is a tunneller's dream. Sandstones soft enough to tunnel throug… (View Post)

It seems odd to think that those motivated enough by money to become very rich - and who are willing to make the sacrifices that becoming rich necessitates - will be suddenly indifferent to money whe… (View Post)

Agree entirely (see my comment in the edit about eggs-in-one-basket syndrome!) To be fair, some thought has been put into this. HS2 started some sort of construction training academy with the idea of… (View Post)