All the graphs will ultimately level off at 0% after around 45 years, that being the length of a working life. What is of interest is the initial rate at which the graphs fall, which appears to have … (View Post)

The provision of confidential banking services with no questions asked has also been a pretty good earner for the Swiss. (View Post)

My all-time favourite holiday was probably the one I spent cycling with my wife over the Alps from Constance to Florence. Just the two of us, carrying everything on the bikes, setting up the tent eac… (View Post)

That is true, and there is far more incentive for Europeans to learn English. In Germany, for example, a working knowledge of English is as essential for anyone doing anything remotely professional. … (View Post)

They had their fingers burned when Greece fudged its way into the euro. There's no way they'll be repeating that mistake with the UK. (View Post)