Not just vote, but put themselves forward to be branch reps and the like. Democracy (which includes civil society groups like unions) relies on wide participation. One of the positive features of PB.… (View Post)

I've only bought a house twice, and both times I did not currently own a house. Both times I bought a house in a market where house prices were rising faster than general inflation and this crea… (View Post)

I think house prices are one of those things where it's quite hard to engineer a gentle deflation. I don't think it's a stable regime. (View Post)

If the US genuinely expect a major confrontation with China why are they doing so much to lose allies in advance of that confrontation? (View Post)

I don't think the US have reached the cash-waving stage yet. They're still at the intimidation to reduce the price they'll have to pay stage. (View Post)