The Tamil Tigers were defeated. Where are Tibet and South Vietnam on the map nowadays? Bangladesh won a war of independence from Pakistan.Things can be settled by military means. (View Post)

He wasn't that great a chancellor either. He destroyed productivity in this country by increasing the tax on pension funds, and then regulating them so they had to prioritise "investing" in… (View Post)

There was a columnist for the Sunday Mercury back in the day called Vivian Bird. He wrote that people often assumed he was female, until the West Indies cricket team visited. Then they accepted he wa… (View Post)

And all this 'elf'n'safety industry is due to the Tories (Major?) introducing the no-win-no-fee claims system. (View Post)

And the population and therefore the electorate grow over time, significantly so after 25 years or more.. (View Post)