There’s a sad irony in the rail industry being privatised by the Conservatives only to end up effectively re-nationalised in the worst way possible by the same party fifteen years (or so) later. Not … (View Post)

Because it’s economically far more efficient for the person in the expensive house to sell up to the person who is willing to pay that much for their property & move somewhere cheaper. Taxes that… (View Post)

Pedantry alert: The systems in question would not have been Iron Dome (which is designed to cheaply eliminate short range unguided rockets & probably can’t intercept ballistic missiles) but Arrow… (View Post)

This is silly. SKS has not taken £100k worth of freebies because no-one would pay £100k at open market prices for the things he was granted. The problem is a single person apparently acting as sugar … (View Post)

Dammit. I’m out of the edit window too. A reminder to check twice before posting... (View Post)