My wife has been particularly upset by it. Our youngest is nine and went off to a drama and dance holiday club this morning. It took some persuasion on my part to get her to allow her to go. (View Post)

You might not go for a 20% cut in income. But there will be many people who try quite hard to keep income under that level and choose to do less work as the amount they earn approaches the threshold.… (View Post)

There is a scenario in which the Russian situation in Ukraine worsens, and Chinese support for Russia is increasingly conditional. In that scenario, the absence of troops in Russia's far east st… (View Post)

Bloody Claire Balding is bloody awful. She doesn't appear to actually like sport - she's trying to make everything into a human interest story. I mean, I don't mind a bit of backstory,… (View Post)

The NPR (formerly HS2/NPR) tunnel alignment goes from the Airport via Piccadilly to Marsden (near Huddersfield). DfT proposals are that it pops up to the surface at Piccadilly and that there is a tur… (View Post)