Though given our PB demographic, most of us as schoolboys were considerably closer in both culture and time to DIcken's London than is the average American youngster (View Post)

Most successful economies benefit greatly from immigration, and cultural mixing tends to be good for innovation. The real discussion ought (IMO) to be over the practical limits in terms of numbers. 6… (View Post)

Given some of his recent nonsense on defence procurement, I'd question the extent of his competence. (View Post)

Blimey. Some industrial scale ignorance there. Still uncorrected. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/24/civilisations-rise-and-fall-review-tv-make-you-despair-plummeting-society (Thoug… (View Post)

As refutations go, that's feeble. Your side of the fence were insufferable for decades, and when you finally got your way, made a complete arse of it. Get used to being reminded of that, intermi… (View Post)