It certainly helps to be in a sparsly populated desert wasteland with no pretence of democracy or equal rights. (View Post)

The long term financial position looks grim. By 2070 we have the demographics and public debt of Japan, though without such amazing public toilets. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/12/uk… (View Post)

They already started in North Carolina on 6th September. There are more in September too: Alabama (Sept. 11), Kentucky (Sept. 16), Pennsylvania (Sept. 16), Wisconsin (Sept. 19), Arkansas (Sept. 20), … (View Post)

That's a rather odd summary of an interview where he castigated the last government for running down NHS capital budgets leaving it with inadequate equipment and decrepit buildings. His criticis… (View Post)

The GP practice is funded more or less fee for service, and will employ salaried staff to deliver the service, which includes about 50% of GPs as well as nurses, receptionists etc. The other half of … (View Post)