Reflects the polling though, with older people spiralling into a deep and irrational melancholy. Lots of free time + social media is a not a good combination. (View Post)

I really dislike this way of thinking, or the use of it as a gotcha. An overiding concern about Mandelson does not mean you do not care about the trafficked girls. The latter concern is 1) a given, a… (View Post)

Agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment - too often "the blob" is blamed when anyone with two braincells would know that someone like Mandelson is a giant risk. The process excuse is pathet… (View Post)

For me this is the equivalent to Truss blaming the OBR (or BoE or the FT or whatever) for her budget going disastrously wrong. And we know what that meant for her time in No 10. (View Post)

Only about 5% of estates pay IHT. (I was pipped. I don't like it as a tax at all, much rather an annual property tax and a wider income tax, but there's no denying it's only the very r… (View Post)