Gift-giving has very deep roots in human culture and is one of the things that binds people together. It wouldn't go amiss for you to keep a list of a few books or other things that you could pr… (View Post)

Starmer and Reeves have been very careful in their phrasing on support for Ukraine. It isn't time-limited, but there seems to be zero prospect of any increase to the £3bn pa figure. I'm not… (View Post)

Words like duty and responsibility are attractive to me, but I don't think the practicality works. I believe it is in South Korea, where the expectation on women that they will care for their hu… (View Post)

One of the demerits is that it creates an incentive for employers to classify employees as private contractors. This then leads to the employees losing a whole bunch of employment protection rights (… (View Post)

Lots of people still go to the pub, even though it's a lot more expensive than drinking at home, so it isn't necessary to reverse that position. Just closing the gap would have an impact, a… (View Post)