I've never really understood the mindset of people who like to gorge on stories like this. I've read one news story about the verdicts and already feel the dreadful weight of what she did w… (View Post)

The English need to read some Burns. O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. (View Post)

They can easily move to Germany or the Netherlands and get a job... Oh sorry actually they can't. (View Post)

Overall nonfinancial sector debt (government, corporate and households) in China is now 300% of GDP. That is higher than in advanced economies (which have far better developed financial sectors to ma… (View Post)

Brexit has made this harder, of course. The solution is for everyone to look after their health and be prepared to work for longer. But when I venture outside London and see a land of obese fifty som… (View Post)