All economic statistics are rubbish. It is absurd that the budget and future direction of this great nation are held hostage to forecasters who may as well be plucking numbers from thin air, so wildl… (View Post)

Yes, it is like the dot com bubble at the millennium. Some companies from back then are now massive, an online bookshop called Amazon, for instance. Most (including the one I worked for) went to the … (View Post)

You do need (if that is the right word) a television licence to watch Channel 4 as it is broadcast. If you use channel4.com as a catch-up service to stream later, then no licence is needed. Basically… (View Post)

Jimmy Carr is on Amazon Prime and Comedy Central these days. His Channel 4 gigs are Big Fat Quiz of the Year which is one night, 8 out of 10 cats, which hasn't had a new episode since the pandem… (View Post)

It is the statistification, for want of a better word and there probably is one, of football. In the old days, goals were all that mattered. Now, assists (or in this instance, Phil's pass) are c… (View Post)