One of the first things the Tories did after winning the 1979 election was to almost double the standard rate of VAT from 8% to 15%. (View Post)

Never assume anything about a person's background. Only comment if you know. (View Post)

I think I learned that when I was about seven. I wasn't quite sure about the significance of small, or indeed absent, balls at the time though. (View Post)

In 2028 Trump will be 82. So, were he to fiddle the system to run again he'd be 86 when he competed his term. Things, bad things, often happen in that and indeed the previous decade of one's life. As… (View Post)

I remember the second line as Goering having two, but very small. (View Post)