Bollocks. Brown had spent all the tax from the banks - when that vanished, we were looking at a structural deficit. Labour was talking about bigger cuts than the Coalition. The markets were starting … (View Post)

For “allow”, read “forced” Signal are one of the few outfits that I have respect for in this space. Their code is open sourced - both client and server. You can download the code and build it yoursel… (View Post)

When it was said “They’ve never had it so good”, this wasn’t jeered at. It was literally true on a staggering scale. We talk of boomers and greed. My uncle and aunt reacted to the phenomenon of worki… (View Post)

The Culture Of Ancient Britain, OUP, Published 20,788 CE The custom of hanging bags of dog excrement from tree branches, in small plastic pouches is considered a religious rite of the Ancient Britons… (View Post)

Hamas ruled Gaza the same way dictatorships rule anywhere. Threat of death to anyone who gets in the way - which rapidly escalates to actual death. See the way they took over in the first place. It w… (View Post)