I partly agree. It's a statist, centrist blob. Its beliefs are: - the private sector is just a cash cow. Its only purpose is to fund the Public Good. As we define it. And our salaries and benefi… (View Post)

We've had such a government for at least the past quarter of a century. The benign global economic conditions until 2007 and Blair's salesmanship somewhat disguised it, but Cameron and subs… (View Post)

I had a similar experience with a Samsung black and white laser printer - incredibly reliable for many years until the paper puller or whatever started to fail. I cleaned the moving parts that I coul… (View Post)

We need to stop fetishising expenditure numbers. Anybody can throw money at a problem. It's far more difficult, but critically important, to make sure you get £1's worth of defence for ever… (View Post)

Off any conceivable topic, but I've been in Australia for the last month or so, seeing old friends doing a bit of work in my spare time. And dodging the winter back home obviously. Here are some… (View Post)