That's being rather generous to the Attlee and two Wilson governments, who may have lasted more than five years, but only just. They were a bit more than one term governments, but a lot less tha… (View Post)

At the moment it looks like being Not Tory will be enough. Another trivial problem, however, is that any positive reason to vote Labour would almost certainly be them promising to tax the hard-workin… (View Post)

Why are they coming here from France to claim asylum in the first place? If they are desperate they should surely claim asylum at the first safe country they come to. Otherwise they're just here… (View Post)

The idiocy of the anti-money-laundering rules - they are hugely inconvenient for legitimate businesses, without necessarily inconveniencing serious international criminals at all. Unfortunately, not … (View Post)

When I was twelve, my school put on a Greek play by Aristophanes. The most memorable lines, that I still recall decades later, went: "If you want to be comfy, just roll with the ship, Don't… (View Post)