Many places try. Few succeed. Because the only way you can encourage future birth rates is to divert resources, whether private or public, towards the young. And noone has those resources to spend on… (View Post)

Yup. The Middle East appears to be entirely populated by nutters. Every time a murderous despot is removed, someone even more murderous appears in their place. There was some American senator asked g… (View Post)

Well yes. But kept the triple lock, and house prices continue to increase. We are still seeing a transfer of wealth from young to old. But that's not the point: regardless of state micromanageme… (View Post)

Well yes, birth rates are a problem - but the immediate reason we are spending so much on our old people is that our old people are living much longer than when the pension age was set. 100 years ago… (View Post)

But are you thinking of going to Stockport? (View Post)