Similarly, I got mistaken for Swiss when I visited Austria recently, which I felt wasn't too bad as it's 26 years since I lived there - it's remarkable how languages stick once you lea… (View Post)

This is a traditional criticism of politicians, but I think the issue is slightly different. My impression from 13 years in Parliament was that you encounter so many different types of real life that… (View Post)

You're right, though I think that even non-socialists should feel a twinge of regret that we had an election where most people who supported a party did it because they *liked* its policies, rat… (View Post)

I'm not sure the public actually is eagerly awaiting the report. Those who lost close relatives, perhaps, but in general my sense is that people want to put it behind them, even though it is in … (View Post)

I signed up for FD ages ago on the basis that I use my laptop for everything so an online bank made sense. Annoyingly for me, they have shifted to be much more oriented to smartphones - to use their … (View Post)