I didn't have a TV license for about 14 years in Britain, but bought one again after I started watching the County Championship live streams on youtube during the pandemic. A bit unfair that non… (View Post)

I don't exclude Labour MPs from being unwise enough to leave him in post for a while longer yet. And it's possible that I'm overreacting and this blunder is more Owen Paterson than Chr… (View Post)

Basically, in Britain university is tied up with the class system. University is seen as a way to escape being working class and to get a job that doesn't involve getting your hands dirty. The e… (View Post)

There's been a few good news anecdotes on here about the NHS, so to balance things up I thought I'd share a story from my mother of a false economy leading to much greater cost. "A res… (View Post)

It's a false dichotomy. My brother-in-law here in Ireland is a welder. A blue collar occupation. So by your argument he would have left school at 16, gone straight into work, learned his trade t… (View Post)