The US needs to borrow another $130bn (plus interest) to repay the illegal tariffs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/05/trump-tariff-refunds-supreme-court This sort of thing would oblite… (View Post)

Borrow George Osborne's old slogan, "we're all in it together," and basically do everything - increase income tax, tax property wealth, bin the triple lock, cut welfare spending, … (View Post)

And they'd be right. When you consider the commitments the UK has in terms of defending the Falklands, Britain, Eastern Europe, wherever. The problems with maintenance due to funding squeezes. H… (View Post)

Similarly, years ago the government banned asylum seekers from working, because it was said they were all economic migrants, and if they weren't allowed to work while waiting for their asylum cl… (View Post)

It is, yes. I had half an idea of trying to write a thread header about the difference between the American and British attitudes towards losers, but I ended up washing my hair. The Americans really … (View Post)