I almost can't believe we're having this conversation, but starvation was down to a series of poor summers, and plague was down to plague. Neither were consequences of the Romans leaving an… (View Post)

Yes, me too. It wasn't the handling money aspect. It was the reset. All my life I'd been handling money most days. Then commercial activity was shut down. Only, in practice, for a few weeks… (View Post)

Imagine what Justin Trudeau could have done to striking truckers in a cashless society. (View Post)

I'd say Donald was also pretty ambivalent. Probably the last US President who had a positive view of the UK was GWB. (View Post)

There was a lot that Labour 'afforded' in 2008 because it was spending about 25% more than it raised and borrowing the rest. That's not really 'affording' it. (I'm not s… (View Post)