I'm the first to conplain about the BBC, but I'll back it here. What is the BBC providing which Yahoo finance or Motley Fool isn't? If we must have a broadcaster paid for by extracting… (View Post)

Conversely, it didn't occur to me the BBC provuded this information. Which possibly also proves your point. I remember being fascinated as a teenager by share prices on Ceefax. It was an age of … (View Post)

Arguably the suffragettes were counterproductive in achieving the aims of women's suffrage. Counterfactuals are always guesses, but left to the NUWSS, the aim might have been achieved more quick… (View Post)

Well because the implication is that "you're only saying that because you hate group x" tends to sting. Hence the tactic of e.g. "why does the government hate old people". It… (View Post)

George Courtauld in "Travels of a Fat Bulldog" described Montevideo as feeling a bit like a downmarket Torquay. (View Post)