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)

Everything is temporary (including our EU membership as it turned out). But the huge, unprecedented, unexpected and unwanted flood of immigration from the East lasted for many years and did enough da… (View Post)

I was just in Australia for almost a month, ate their beef frequently and it was fine. Not as good as Argentina's but just as good as ours. We shouldn't give in to protectionist whining fro… (View Post)

On topic, the Irish constitutional changes seem a bit like the Australian referendum for a Voice for aborigines in the constitution - pointless woke virtue-signalling by an insular and out-of-touch p… (View Post)