Hat tip to you, @viewcode , for introducing something I hadn't particularly thought of: your fourth point. The other three are choices, and I recognise the truth of them, but if we truly wanted … (View Post)

Right, I'm quibbling for the sake of it here - but I would argue that it is shocking how little things have changed since 2000. I look out at my suburban street, and it could be any time in the … (View Post)

I'd wager you still look younger than the 46 year old above. This is all an on-average, of course. My Dad always looked a good 10 years younger than he was, and still does. I have very little ha… (View Post)

IIRC, the number of women now reaching the age of 45 without kids is about 25%. More pertinently, the number of these who have chosen not to have kids is about 3%. That we have contrived to arrange s… (View Post)

I'm not sure I buy the argument that strikes can be headed off by higher pay rises. Strikes are not an inverae function of pay, they are a function of the expectation of their success in achievi… (View Post)