We moved into a new build in 2010. It was brilliant and everything just worked. When something trivial did go wrong there were plenty of spare parts around to fix it literally seconds away on the dev… (View Post)

Overall we should be looking at working fewer hours as standard. It's been a long, long time since the last step change in this area (when did the 5.5 day week with a half-day on Saturday before the … (View Post)

Also, anyone who helped unseat a potential contender can keep their criticism to themselves. I met up with a 'friend' from Portsmouth this week who had the temerity to suggest the race would've been … (View Post)

What I'd have done is let the failed banks go to the wall, but reimburse the individual customers so nobody lost out through no fault of their own. (I suppose there arises the question of what to do … (View Post)

Very OT: I have to get a flight from 'London' Stansted. The airport is, of course, in Kemi Badenoch's seat, but it got me wondering: just how many airports are now in Tory constituencies? Not many. B… (View Post)