Jim_the_Lurker

Indeed. I think the triple lock has always been a political policy not one borne of some desperate increase in pension poverty. It is basically to avoid the Gordon Brown clanger of putting pennies on… (View Post)

Yep - as I got older I increasingly think that we have to take these nutters at their word. All a bit “against interpretation.” When Putin talks about Belarus, Ukraine and Russia as one historical na… (View Post)

Yep - It would not surprise me if come the apocalypse all the world’s Octopuses got in a UFO and went back to their home planet. This article in the LRB is fascinating on the subject. https://www.lrb… (View Post)

Yep - mad isn’t it. Although I do seem to remember reading something about HMT trying to classify the Blood scandal compensation as “investment/capital” spending as opposed to day-to-day spending whi… (View Post)

I think it was on this website that the kimono crusader was referred to the Max Bialystock of the judicial review (or words to that effect). It amused me greatly - and every time he comes up in conve… (View Post)