The Saudis should have built much more pipeline capacity across their country to the Red Sea and to Oman decades ago. Then we wouldn't be in this mess. Better still we shouldn't have withdr… (View Post)

Dementia is tragic. Really an earlier death is often better for all concerned, heartless though that sounds. My grandmother experienced terrible dementia for about a decade before dying. Classic Alzh… (View Post)

... for about five minutes until a couple of wet Tory backbenchers defect and force a new election. Still, always nice to see Labour in 5th place, which is about what they deserve. Also I imagine the… (View Post)

Yes it is the certainty of being caught, not the severity of punishment, that has the deterrent effect, as most crime is impulsive. That's why politicians or journalists asking for yet heavier s… (View Post)

That's right, but it can be generalised to the rest of the economy. Why try and achieve anything when you know the government's going to steal much of what you make? The North Sea is perhap… (View Post)