Reeves’ “fiscal headroom” is going to evaporate like an ice cube under a blowtorch at this rate. WASPI women are the most undeserving group of the lot - if Labour caves to them it really is all over … (View Post)

IIRC accidental releases have spiked recently. They used to run at around one a week, but in the last year or two have been running at 4 or 5 a week. The suggestion that the early release schemes are… (View Post)

Free trade is supposed to benefit both parties to every trade, that’s kind of the point of free market liberalism. So, by extension, any Brexit deficit would be expected to apply as much to our EU tr… (View Post)

Can’t see rejoin on the cards, but could well imagine a future UK government just going “fuck it” and taking us into the EEA, EFTA or some custom thing that’s remarkably like these two but somehow in… (View Post)

Decompensating: the final functional collapse of a declining bodily system that has previous been kept running by compensatory actions or medications. E.g. You can compensate for the effects of aging… (View Post)