PJ O’Rourke observed that a major problem with child proof lids on medication bottles, was not having a child around to open one for you. (View Post)

It's a institutionalised belief that gold plating on top of gold plating with little cost control is somehow virtuous. You may remember the comedy of the thefts from the British Museum and their… (View Post)

The actual stated plan was to reduce the deficit, by restraining increase in government expenditure (overall) to less than the growth in the economy but still above inflation. The idea being that thi… (View Post)

Yup - there’s a fair old number of them. (View Post)

a If my suggestion about enforcing criminal sanctions on the employers (via rewarding the exploited migrants) was taken up, within a short period of time, nearly no employers would employ them. What … (View Post)