Jim_the_Lurker

Thanks for the article. The funny thing is, like the Post Office scandal, Private Eye have covered Welby/Smyth for years without anyone getting hot under the collar on the topic. I know Private Eye c… (View Post)

Interesting - does that account for turnout. I seem to recall three quarters of pensioners turnout to vote, but only half of those under twenty-five. You are probably right about increasing pensionab… (View Post)

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)