I've just read the 11-page letter from the BoE chap to Mel Stride. I didn't understand all of it, but I understood enough to give a very brief summary: It was all the Chancellor's faul… (View Post)

I don't disagree, really. I just get a bit irritated by the lazy talk of retired homeowners as a homogenous bloc who vote Tory when there are many, like me and my peers, who don't. Same wit… (View Post)

Okay, I'll rise to the bait as one of the outright owners, retired, you refer to. I don't like cruises. And won't vote Tory. To repeat a point I make frequently but you choose to ignor… (View Post)

And those embarrassingly long pauses when she's expecting applause because she thinks she's delivered a zinger, but it doesn't materialise immediately. (View Post)

Yes, I think I agree, and a lot of people think that growth is overrated, that quality of life is more important than quantity, and that endless growth as an end in itself will result in tears. But i… (View Post)