Not one word, but "Desire inflation"? ;) We have so much more stuff we can buy, and is desirable but not necessary, than was the case. Good point about pubs and coffee shops; except I guess… (View Post)

As I've said in the past, we have so much more to spend money on. In the mid-1980s, when I was growing up, we did not need mobile phones or contracts. All we needed to watch TV was a TV licence;… (View Post)

Thanks for that. I hope Jim Westwood will feature prominently - he's a really nice guy, and last I heard still in the industry. He later turned white-hat and joined a better company. :) Sometime… (View Post)

We are all PB Tories now, comrade! :) (View Post)

LOL. No. Before the party lost its head and voted Boris in, I voted Conservative more often than not. Including when New Labour was in power. I'm willing to give Badenoch a chance, although I wa… (View Post)