He’s just for scale. You must be new here? (View Post)

Free-range turkey is indeed tasty, especially if you go for a black one. The extra mile I’ve gone - that none of you have - is to keep my Christmas dinner entertained during the autumn months, becaus… (View Post)

One of the systemic issues is the disconnect between local taxation and the levels of service in things that many people use and notice. Such a high proportion of local councils’ spending now goes on… (View Post)

They’re going strong in Italy, with not only many local stores, but also full size supermarkets and a few hypermarkets. (View Post)

Norway has a balance sheet debt of $220 bn but a sovereign wealth fund, which pays all their state pensions as well as funds infrastructure projects, of $1.7 trn, so in total is sitting very nicely. (View Post)