Politicians always lie in a tight spot, but there used to be an art to it, saying something in a way that people hearing it quickly will assume one thing, but could actually mean something else, thus… (View Post)

A fashionable theory in fighting crime in the 2000s was that having police walk the street was inefficient in terms of their ability to react to events. Much better to have them in cars waiting to re… (View Post)

I think there have been changes in crime e.g. 1980s, lots of stealing of cars for joyriding, break into your car for the stereo, lots of burglary to nick your telly, VCR, stereo. Now most of those co… (View Post)

Have you been since COVID.....its f##king eye wateringly expensive. A 10% reduction doesn't touch the sides on things like increase in hotel costs, same with food, etc. (View Post)

You do have to be a bit careful comparing March 2024 vs 2025, as Easter was in March last year. (View Post)