A pedant notes: the government is never generous, nor is it stingy. It merely decides how to allocate resources. (View Post)

I'd say *everywhere* has got less violent since you and I were growing up. A fight was just part of a night out. You'd get a bit of a kicking and then your assailant would catch up with you… (View Post)

Cash isn't 'deeply flawed', just as a notepad and pen isn't deeply flawed despite the presence of word processing software. Cash, cards, phones (I guess) - all have their advantag… (View Post)

I don't think that's a particular issue with David Duguid but with FPTP. (View Post)

Is homophobia in Primary Schools a problem then? Is it a problem bug enough that it needs regular "equalities assemblies"? This looks to me very much like a solution in search of a problem. (View Post)