And in 1841 the difference wasn't all that great - 16m in England against 8m in (the whole of) Ireland. (View Post)

Like many here I'm old enough to remember Thatcher as she dominated my teens and early 20s. During lockdown I stumbled across a documentary series on iPlayer on the Thatcher Years that I'd … (View Post)

I'm less bothered about a voluntary way of proving vaccine status. Then you can go to a venue that requires it, and I will go somewhere else. Johnson is making it mandatory for certain types of … (View Post)

The trouble is, that won't bring very much in, as very few Public Sector fat cats exist, Most Civil Servants don't earn £60k per year when working, (View Post)

I think most of us on this board are relatively well off and so we don't scrutinise where our money goes. However I have had periods in my life where my income simply wasn't quite enough an… (View Post)