I'm normally pretty cool on government giving out massive sweeties - because ir's not a giveaway, it's a redistribution, and though there are strong cases for redistribution, redistrib… (View Post)

Well it might, but that's an awful lot of tax that the UK is not taking because of the disincentives to earning more money. The result of which is that those working 5 days a week for not that m… (View Post)

No, no, no, no, no. 16 teams is the optimum number of teams for the Euros. And take the European club tournaments. Once upon a time, European football was the icing on the cake. "Ooh, Manchester… (View Post)

A pedant notes: someone opposing open borders is identifying enemies without, not enemies within. Anyway, you can't make concern about immigration go away by character assasinations on anyone wh… (View Post)

Hm. I think I could meet you there. We then get into quibbling about what the public service bits are! I would argue that it includes pretty much all of BBC Radio (if only in some circumstances becau… (View Post)