Andy Burnham has a political stature measured in microns, but he's been thought to run Greater Manchester as Mayor reasonably well. Can you say anything as positive about any other Labour politi… (View Post)

I guess a lot depends on how you define healthy life expectancy. My Dad is nearly 80 and has had a major heart operation, but he is still able to go on walks in the country and enjoy a beer in the pu… (View Post)

Make the state pension equal to a certain number of hours at the minimum wage which is equal to the personal allowance. Everyone is then all locked in together. (View Post)

My image for today is taken from grid.iamkate.com You can see that electricity prices were stable while a lot of decarbonisation happened on the grid up to 2019, but prices really took off as the glo… (View Post)

Ukraine would be the best defence for Europe in my scenario. If they were willing to take advantage of Russia fighting in Estonia to attempt to retake occupied Ukrainian territory it would leave Russ… (View Post)