The main factor is as mentioned by Foxy. Masks don't need to be that good to be effective against droplet transmission, which is how influenza spreads. Preventing aerosol transmission is harder,… (View Post)

For Britain to cosy up to China now would be a strategic mistake approaching the level of Germany cosying up to Russia post 2008. (View Post)

The Irish government were running a large budget surplus because of windfall corporation tax receipts before the Apple tax judgement. No-one knows how long the corporation tax bonanza will last. (View Post)

Surely Ramadan is a movable lack of feast? (View Post)

First introduced in 1972, inflation uprating would have made it £115.76 today. This is much lower than the last time I checked this, because the Bank of England have updated their inflation calculato… (View Post)