“as viruses have always done” Not true! The 1918 flu pandemic disproportionately affected the young & healthy. The reasons are unclear, but one possibility is that their stronger effective immune… (View Post)

I probably present far more lefist on here than my own personal politics. A natural tendency to contrarianism possibly. Regardless, I think some of the problems the UK has are not really (party) poli… (View Post)

Weirdly, this particular position unites the two of us Casino, despite our manifest political differences. Although I have to admit that I didn’t publicly announce that I was forswearing pan banging … (View Post)

Leasehold charges + help to buy overhang + Grenfell costs + Grenfell related planning nightmare + Building Safety Regulator total incompetence (file under Grenfell related planning nightmares) are re… (View Post)

This is why promising not to raise headline tax rates is such a hostage to fortune - it makes it much harder politically to do the necessary thing if economic circumstances changes. For the last few … (View Post)