Waverley (ex-Tier 2, changing to 4 on Boxing Day) has cases up 135% (274->471) on last week. People from the surrounding Tier 4 areas flooded in for Christmas shopping and eating out. It's a … (View Post)

What legitimate reasons (i.e. unrelated to tax evasion) are there to carry over £10,000 in cash? Unless one expects a bank collapse, it seems a bonkers security risk. (View Post)

Nice to see a cheerful column - sometimes PB feels a bit grumpy! That said, as a 70-year-old I view the Oxford vaccine (and the constant drumbeat of media assertions that it'll be approved immin… (View Post)

I think it's assuming swings according to current polls. Starmer is I suspect more of a pragmatist about such alliances than the average Labour member. But formally announcing it might produce s… (View Post)

I think that's probably right, though originally I favoured abstention on the basis that "It's not what we'd have done but rejecting it would be irresponsble." But I think yo… (View Post)