It is interesting that the only significant protests here in recent years about pensions have been about ironing out something that was completely indefensible and a scandal for decades, namely the h… (View Post)

The roof's survival is astonishing, and leads to one of my favourite stories about London's quirks. In 1904, Parliament decided much of it needed replacing, but could not find any oak trees… (View Post)

Also it will discourage investment and raise the price of energy. The question is whether Starmer is aware of this, and is completely cynical, or is just stupid and economically illiterate. Or both o… (View Post)

I don't think that's the main problem. It's an incredibly vague term, as well as a term of abuse, and reasonable people can have widely different ideas about what it means in practice.… (View Post)

There are disadvantages too, though. I was in LA once talking to someone who had just moved from Washington DC. He said that he found LA's weather incredibly demotivating as he had an office job… (View Post)