Especially as (IIRC) in the US one sees prices advertised as (for example) $2.99, and it turns out to be $2.99 plus two or three lots of taxes, making the goods more like $4.50 or so. (View Post)

In a shop? Really? In an earlier life I ran community pharmacies, one of them with quite a big cosmetic section and no-one tipped my staff. Actually, there was one occasion. We'd got in a line of che… (View Post)

The ghost of David Lloyd George waves 'Hi'! (View Post)

Good morning everyone. On today's topics, I've always been in favour of an elected HoL, on a regional basis and by PR. I've come to think that members should have quite a long term..... say ten years… (View Post)

I blame, to some extent anyway, Margaret Thatcher. I well remember her suggesting that graduates achieving highest grades should not enter public service but commerce, suggesting that the pursuit of … (View Post)