Oh, and by the way, Network Rail is a large and Byzantine organisation. "Talked to Network Rail" might be true, and "Network Rail don't know about it" might also be true. It&… (View Post)

Yes, there were lots of other things which happened which coincided with productivity stalling. The iphone, for one. Politicalbetting.com, for another. (View Post)

Except it doesn't really work. Raising taxes in wealth drives away wealth. Raising taxes in income drives away work. Raising taxes on spending drives down spending. There's only so much mon… (View Post)

I'm not sure I agree. This fella is clearly a horrible individual - one of the regrettable majority of football fans who give the rest a bad name - but I can't see how what he did constitut… (View Post)

I don't think the Northern Mayors are in any mood to compromise. What the Northern Mayors wanted was HS2 and NPR. Now they are being offered neither. I don't see where the space for agreeme… (View Post)