On the topic of Brexit, I had lunch with an academic friend of mine yesterday. He had been a vociferous Remainer, but was saying how good it was that his university could replace EU students paying h… (View Post)

Some of those answers are a bit meaningless though. For instance, proposing to abolish the House of Lords without indicating what, if anything, will replace it is pointless since the whole difficulty… (View Post)

Unless of course they really DO have no policies and don't stand for anything worthwhile... (View Post)

More rubbish is talked about the balance of payments than any other economic indicator, a fair amount of it on this site. (Of course understanding it needs a higher degree or two in a specialised par… (View Post)

Damn -given his record, I was certain that Putin would lose. I put everything I own on the opposition. Oh, well, the bank will come for my house tomorrow. Still I suppose I can scrape my last few pen… (View Post)