This looks like a surprisingly significant result. Mike has correctly cautioned about betting on a Labour Overall Majority because of the sheer number of Seats they have to win. If they can pick up a… (View Post)

Plenty of figures around, OKC. The one that sticks in my mind is the 8,000 or so fatalities in 1966 which is the year I took my test. It's now down to about 1,500 per annum. These facts are not … (View Post)

It looks a pretty sound prediction to me. In fact it's very close to what I would be betting on if the spreads were up now. Maybe I would have Tory seats a bit lower, and Labour a bit higher, bu… (View Post)

Interesting, but it does sound a bit like Spike Milligan's suggestion for dealing with London fog - starch it, and jack it up. (View Post)

Yes, H&S is one of those good ideas that gets discredited by being carried to extremes. I had an uncle died on a demolition site in 1950 when he was hit on the head by an oxygen bottle. No hard h… (View Post)