AIUI, there are various types of pensioner. At one end, people with significant wealth and income, who don’t need a state pension, and will be paying at least 40% tax on their pension. At the other e… (View Post)

There was an operation like that in 1940 to get the troops away from the Kent ports after Dunkirk. (View Post)

We used to keep old trains for low utilisation rotas, in the same way that bus companies use old buses cascaded from front line service, to use as school buses. Now all trains have to be standardised… (View Post)

I don’t believe that reintroducing restrictions is equitable. Young people are more risk taking than oldies generally. If they want to take the risk of catching Covid in a crowded bar or nightclub, o… (View Post)

Isn’t that sort of thing still illegal in Russia? (View Post)