I think factors that need to be looked at in historic and less industrialised societies are: - Infant mortality due to breastfeeding failing - The prevalence of community wet nursing (and were wet nu… (View Post)

It is the competitive absolutism, rather than the breastfeeding itself, that is middle class. In particular in my anecdotes, the unhealthy competitiveness of going way beyond 6 months. (View Post)

Thanks for that Nigel, a quite balanced and illustrative report. On the face of it a reasonable decision was reached, but the stripping out of the safeguards, a reduced transition plan and the fact t… (View Post)

Ferrierst (View Post)

Sunak does sometimes come across as a proper sitzpinkler (View Post)