What abundant energy? The North Sea gas fields are in end-of-life decline & the decision on whether to grant new exploration licenses is a rounding error compared to that inevitability. Now if yo… (View Post)

The Brexit wars will never end until everyone involved is dead. It’s the Whig/Tory split for the C21st. (View Post)

NB. One valid criticism I think is that the other double taxation agreements seem to be with rich, first world countries - the USA, Switzerland, etc. I think South Africa is the poorest country we ha… (View Post)

Yup. The policy is OK. The communications & the optics are absolutely terrible. (Personally I think three years is to long for such a supposedly “temporary” arrangement - I’d be interested to kno… (View Post)

The larger asylum centres have a dedicated dentist and GP IIRC. Some asylum seekers have been quite put out to discover that on being granted asylum they are suddenly no longer eligible for the care … (View Post)