The problem is that the payment is small beans, so by creating a tailored threshold they create a lot of expensive bureaucracy which wipes out the savings from restricting payments. The threshold the… (View Post)

I am - deities willing - a week or so from completing the purchase of a house, at long last. The estimated population within 1km of the house is 75, and doubtless I am about to spend and borrow a con… (View Post)

Apparently DOGE fired a bunch of weather forecasters, so the US can't issue weather warnings for tornadoes overnight, quite likely leading to some avoidable deaths recently. The measure of the insani… (View Post)

So much for the argument that Trump would intimidate Putin into a ceasefire by being unpredictable. Trump is entirely unwilling to do anything to intimidate Putin. Trump is embarrassingly craven towa… (View Post)

It's a bit of polish and a few burrs filed away. The reaction to it from many seems to prove that the Brexit wound still hasn't healed for a lot of people. Large numbers of Remainers are not reconcil… (View Post)