This is an important point - back in the "bad old days" of the 1970s a hardline clique in the union could easily manipulate things to force strikes even when there wasn't much underlyi… (View Post)

Off topic - I am sorry to let regular readers know that the fairly frequent poster rpjs passed away last Thursday after a battle with cancer. Apart from being the only person on this board that I kne… (View Post)

This is a long-established practice - e.g. OAPs haircuts. However, with gradual and recent changes to equality legislation isn't it now illegal to discriminate based on age? I hadn't though… (View Post)

I disagree. He's easily the worst of my lifetime. Lazy, no grasp of detail, indecisive, insecure, says the first thing that comes into his head, no clear policy other than whatever's best f… (View Post)

I feel like there's a lot of ramping going on with Mordaunt. For a party in government for 12 years she's really inexperienced: only 2 years in a relatively minor department and then barely… (View Post)