*The* problem, which seems to be a kind of British disease, is a refusal to make capital investment. The result is more people, doing things at a lower productivity. (View Post)

Bored with the Coronation. When is the thread on Lib Dem target seats, Scottish sun-samples, or how the DUP might fare in another Northern Irish poll? (View Post)

Yes. I did a year of schooling in the UK in 1993, in Gosport (a connection I share with some other posters on here), and in those days there was still this absurd belief in the essential…right?…of th… (View Post)

I’m sure there are equivalents in most countries, even in America. But it’s deeply dull and also quite pathetic. There is no need to boast or nervously assert audience figures. The world loves the Br… (View Post)

Good on them. The public want the Tories out by any means. They are pretty much just following public opinion. (View Post)