I assume we've already done Motty, but I must admit to a rare tear in my eye when I read his obituary. Partly because he seemed a genuinely decent man. And partly because the passing of that gen… (View Post)

Switzerland, I reckon. (View Post)

Well this is the interesting question. We all seem to be agreed that a country doesn't need to take 100 years to go from poor to rich - about 20-40 will do. (A generation. Or three Scottish gene… (View Post)

I don't think Alanbrooke is wrong. What ROI shows is that a poor nation can, over time, become a rich one. (It took ROI 100 years. But I'm not suggesting it would necessarily take Wales or … (View Post)

The point is that it's quite easy in white suburbs like Sale to take a relaxed view of immigration. Rather less so if you live in, say, Cheetham Hill. People there don't fear immigrants bec… (View Post)