Yes, which is why I think that pensioners who can afford it should be taxed more on their income and/or wealth to finance a better NHS (among other things). (View Post)

All those years ago, I'd have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Robbie and his mates spent hours throwing around ideas for the group's name and settled on "The Band". (View Post)

Never in all of human history has a by-election that has not been called provoked as much comment as Mid Beds. (View Post)

On the 1983 election, those of us old enough remember the toxic effect of a) Michael Foot, and b) Labour's manifesto being the "longest suicide note in history". Although Foot was a gr… (View Post)

Lovely typo. I've lived in a permanent cost-of-loving crisis. (View Post)