I used to drink Spirytus (Polish Rectified Spirit) - semi-regularly, neat and in modest quantities - at a pub in Ipswich where the landlord (incidentally a Lib Dem councillor, albeit briefly) - kept … (View Post)

Maybe it's the other way around? I tried many times to get onto the Civil Service gravy train, having spent many years in relatively senior roles working closely with various government departments a… (View Post)

It's not true that only wealthy pensioners who don't need the Winter Fuel Allowance and won't miss it are the only ones affected. There is a significant group of older people out there who are poor, … (View Post)

As are the vast majority of those working in routine jobs in the private sector, but that's not the point. The issue is, surely, in the like-for-like comparisons: A senior manager on 120k in the Civi… (View Post)

Indeed. Some folks take stoicism to a ludicrous extreme and don't want to make a fuss even though it's patently obvious that they should. Others make a racket, get a result, and continue making a rac… (View Post)