Pope Leo XIV responding to the US bishops’ statement on the detention and deportation of migrants: “No one has said that the United States should have open borders. I think every country has a right … (View Post)

It doesn't show anything of the sort. Had we actually borrowed more to invest (rather than fund current spending), the return on investment over the last decade and a half would with absolute certain… (View Post)

A stupid one too. The annual cost of IVF to the NHS is less than £70m (edit - I will have to check more recent figures, as that one is five or six years old). (View Post)

Absurd... but as a thought experiment, that would just about balance the books next year (absent an increase in public spending), but how would it help us ? We'd compromise forever our ability to bor… (View Post)

Amazing video. “Yes, we will see to it that your phone is recycled at a state-of-the-art facility” https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1990959395669172584 (View Post)