I also like the idea that the IRGC (a group of religious fanatics) won't engage in warfare unless they are paid the National Living Wage, and have access to statutory sick pay and paternity leav… (View Post)

We should double the defence budget, but spend the whole lot on getting off fossil fuels as quickly as possible. That's what actual security looks like. (View Post)

Birthplace of Ramsay MacDonald, a new bridge to the beach, Duffus Castle, fighter jets, decent ice cream, bottlenose dolphins. What more could you want. (View Post)

If healthy life expectancy increases then we can (in theory) escape that problem. But as I've pointed out umpteen times, health costs in the UK are rising astonishingly quickly even after adjust… (View Post)

The station facade is fine, it was an adjacent building that went down.. They are doing some tests on the internal structure but it looks like we've been lucky - rumour is it got very close to t… (View Post)