This is exactly what I was saying. They do protect you as well, but that protection is limited - the (weak) evidence is that you benefit from a reduction in exposure that’s worth having, but not enou… (View Post)

Government spending is always paid for. It’d paid for at the time it’s spent! Either the government uses taxes, or it prints money (OK, actually they borrow it from the BoE who magic it out of thin a… (View Post)

Doesn’t help. Same problem either way :( Thanks for the suggestion though Big_G. (View Post)

You’d think they might have thought of that before demanding Brexit, but as we found out immediately after the referendum they didn’t actually have a clue & apparently still don’t. Remainers will… (View Post)

Masks are not really to protect you (they’re pretty crap at that role, although there is weak evidence is they do have some effect). What masks are very effective at is protecting everybody else from… (View Post)