If you are waiting for Starmer to show vision and leadership you will almost certainly be hugely disappointed. (View Post)

I hope not. I have a $5 bet with a friend in Seattle who I stayed with for 4th July that Trump will beat him. Not sure if it's still on or not. (View Post)

It's inevitable because of their awful funding model. If they were privatised and funded by advertisers or subscribers, they would have much more of an incentive to jump on and exploit successes. (View Post)

Yes, a typical Blairite system. A graduate tax in all but name, but they couldn't call it that, because Blair was desperate to keep taxes down. Still, at least Vice-Chancellors can pay themselve… (View Post)

But asset price inflation, especially property, has been much faster than RPI or CPI over the same period, especially at the top end. So HYUFD is right. (View Post)