Because it gave them subsidies to do stupid things, and required vast amounts of paperwork to deal with them. Farmers tend to be people who don't want to work in offices. Not taking the subsidies mea… (View Post)

That is the law since before Gordon Brown - @Roger repeated the story of a friend who got caught because he didn't check, years ago. The issue is the number of employers who want to employ illegals. … (View Post)

Space News Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia has had its ‘levy cut off by the local utility for non payment of bills. Question for PB - the CEO of the local utility, wil he 1) throw himself out of a windo… (View Post)

A quote from Admiral Rickover - "I have invented an expression of "Say-Do." All you have to do is say that you will do something and you get lots of applause. You hear that all the tim… (View Post)

Congratulations on thinking ahead Yes, that is the tiny flaw in my brilliant scheme to end illegal working overnight -- a bounty paid to the person who reports the employer, upon conviction. Overnigh… (View Post)