The thing is the BBC was encouraged to do this, to support an independent production sector, as an alternative to being a huge Goliath in the British production industry and squashing all the competi… (View Post)

Perhaps we could adopt the German grammar for this situation and then we would have OT = On Topic and NOT = Not On Topic? (View Post)

I don't think it's a useful question unless you have figures where you've corrected for age and housing tenure. I suspect that, of those three, housing tenure is most important, follow… (View Post)

I think there are a number of countries who are de jure fully committed to joining the Euro, but are de facto staying indefinitely out. It's not the sort of fudge I'd favour, but it's … (View Post)

I don't think there's much stomach for tax rises either - which is why Britain is borrowing £bns per year. This may only stop when the IMF is called in. Britain can continue to borrow right… (View Post)