To be fair to Gordon, the Tories had "bought too much cheap gold". According to him. (View Post)

And if you look at countries where local government is functional, they have localised control of taxation. (View Post)

Nearly all corrupt police practises target the “wrong ‘uns” A favourite in the U.K. was arresting a criminal for a genuine offence then getting him to admit to all the unsolved cases that were vaguel… (View Post)

One presumes that God will know his own (View Post)

One sad thing is that decorative window structure etc are even easier/cheaper these days than in Victorian/Edwardian times. We still have molds from those days - used to make replacements for the cas… (View Post)