Completely off topic: I’ve been watching Somerset play Surrey in the county championship. Good start by Somerset but heading fo a draw after rain today, so I switched to something else. Just seen tha… (View Post)

How? If you do manage to create a very good school in a "poor" area (not easy without spending a lot of money on staffing) then the house prices in the catchment areas will rise, pricing ou… (View Post)

10mph will catch most cyclists and some of the faster runners: a four minute mile is 15mph. (View Post)

£1trilion and then £100bn a year for that. Oh, and he has to spend his time opening new railway stations and public toilets… (View Post)

There would be a small number that would grow a beard to show they could afford the tax. Better would be to start selling baronetcies again: should raise a few million with no cost to the state. (View Post)