I don't recall whether this was controversial or seen as a statement of the obvious, but I recall about three years ago there was a book called 'hand, heart, head' - the argument of wh… (View Post)

Think of this another way. Why are care workers paid so little? Because we can easily import people to work in care from abroad. Until we change that, care workers will continue to get paid very litt… (View Post)

Well yes. Continually avoiding the problem by importing people is just putting off the problem, making it a bigger problem later. (View Post)

Perhaps it's something you only get in that London. *smug Mancunian emoji* But no, hardly. At least, the number of non-arrogant elite people I've met vastly outweighs the number of arrogant… (View Post)

I had often wrestled with the idea of Britishness. And then I came across the Blackpool comedy carpet. It's absolutely brilliant. It's impossible to be British and walk across it without AM… (View Post)