I think the experience of the ONS, based in Newport, offers a cautionary tale. It's hard to get good people to move to Newport, where there are few other employers of graduates with advanced skills i… (View Post)

This kind of deradicalisation is good to see - it suggests perhaps the tide is turning. If it's a genuine personal change of heart, great. If it's a cynical but skillful politician reading a broader … (View Post)

Lol it's the traditional view from the boss class: pay the rich more so they work harder, pay the poor less so they work harder. Laffer is a hack. (View Post)

Kevin Bridges is brilliant. Probably the funniest Glaswegian comic since Billy Connolly, IMHO. (View Post)

People love talking about how other people speak. It's been a while since anyone has told my wife (born in Margate to Sri Lankan parents) what nice English she has, people seem to have got over that … (View Post)