I don't think free medical treatment twenty years down the road when bad choices have their consequence is front and centre when people make bad lifestyle choices. It's more to do with a la… (View Post)

The two go together. Exercise is good for keeping in shape, but it's good for staying healthy more broadly (there is more to bring healthy than BMI). The health situation in this country right n… (View Post)

These rules can create problems too if you're not careful. Two of my children are foreign born - to two British born parents (although one of the parents has two foreign born parents themselves … (View Post)

My sense has always been that becoming the sort of country that won't let anyone in would change us in more profound and negative ways than letting them in. (View Post)

It might be CoL related but might not be. Households might be deliberately drawing down savings or it might reflect less lending (since the creation of banking sector assets - loans - implies equal c… (View Post)