That's exactly right. Being efficient means maximising the output from a given amount of land, labour and capital inputs. It is a constant, tedious, demanding grind and even when you put in the … (View Post)

I'm not remotely left-liberal, but I don't get the sentimental drivel people spout about farming, any more than I did about coal mines in the 90s. Like any other marginal industry, if farme… (View Post)

I'm sure they were all sick of the totally unwanted and unnecessary war from Day One. But life is about tradeoffs, and I imagine most of them probably realise, like our ancestors, that giving wa… (View Post)

Nobody votes Labour for growth. You vote Labour because somebody else has money that you want, without the inconvenience of working for it. (View Post)

I also got a 2E's and I remember coasting a bit for those last two terms. I also remember how much the teachers and the other boys who were still working for the Cambridge STEP or A-levels hated… (View Post)