Yes, this is culture war shit stirring by a tired government that apparently has nothing else left to offer except rousing the faithful with outraged stories about asylum seekers / economic migrants … (View Post)

The new student loan regime (which I believe has been trailed but not put into action yet) extends the payment period but reduces the interest rate to the RPI, rather than the RPI+4%. (View Post)

This is both simple & complex at the same time. For the end consumer, it’s simple. “Just build more chargers!”. The reality is that installing more chargers requires a huge amount of infrastructu… (View Post)

Jesus Christ. These pictures out of Bucha. There’s no way back from this - the Russians went straight from invading Ukraine to committing war crimes without breaking sweat. Ukrainians will never forg… (View Post)

Talking to people I know in the NHS, Covid is currently playing merry hell with staffing levels. It may not be killing very many people, or even putting them into intensive care, but it is rampant in… (View Post)