I'd happily move Christmas 20 days later. To the point when it genuinely does start to feel lighter. Because for me, dark mornings are a much bigger downer than dark evenings. Also, I love Nov a… (View Post)

The second part of that is certainly true. On the first, well, we're buffetted about by the financial weather - but some basic economic common sense would at least point the rudder in the right … (View Post)

But wealth which has been accumulated doesn't just sit in a drawer. If you put your money in the bank, it's available for other people to borrow, to invest in their own wealth creation. I s… (View Post)

Both sides are making me uncomfortable on this. This is an issue in which if you can't see the merits in the other side of the argument then you don't really deserve to join in. (View Post)

No, I didn't mean generous, I meant ungenerous! i.e. I think the true odds are more like 10-1. (View Post)