May 9th is a big event in Ukraine too. Six million Ukranians died in ww2, and while there were a few Banderite dead the vast majority both military and Civilian were killed by the Nazis. The Battle h… (View Post)

I am old enough to remember when young women wore Laura Ashley. Indeed Mrs Foxy wore a Laura Ashley wedding dress when she married me aged 23. It still looks great in the wedding photos. (View Post)

If the government ignores the Independent Pay Review Boards*, then it is the government that has chosen free collective bargaining, not the unions. * which include strong government representation. (View Post)

Are those figures income corrected? I don't think so. (View Post)

Increasingly the problem in the world is that people are unwilling to empathise with people unlike themselves. Sartre was nearly right: Hell is othering people. (View Post)