So it we gave nurses 20% more, that'd be fine too, because they'd spend it and benefit jobs as well as pay more taxes? Why not 50% more, come to that? You've discovered that far-left m… (View Post)

? You often write from the viewpoint of a down-to-earth northerner with a scornful view of effete London intellectuals, but I know a LOT of people who would regard £1000 as a godsend. (View Post)

I'm in Godalming. We think of Guildford as the big metropolis up the road. Godalming is a pleasant place, and it's actually one of the two largest towns in the borough. I'm an elected … (View Post)

A charming, touching interview with Greta Thunberg - ignore whatever you've thought about her up to now (positive or negiative) and ignore the stupid Guardian stunt that it starts with, and read… (View Post)

Yes, ridiculous. If I was a Newsnight correspondent and had to say something about a country that I didn't know, I'd bloody well look it up - "[country] opinion poll" on Wikipedia… (View Post)