We currently seem to be setting interest rates like we're the US whilst growing like we're the EU. The Eurozone base rate is 1.75% lower than ours... (View Post)

Well if it is the sum of the cash payments then it's not untrue as such, but not a relevant number for real world purposes. As shown by the £2.7bn calculated. It is the present value of cashflow… (View Post)

Regarding this Chagos deal... Assuming it is £90m in year 1 for 99 years and the total cash value is £18bn, then the annual indexation is 1.3% pa. Which means the actual cost of this, on a present va… (View Post)

What a snowflake (the PC). It's frankly ridiculous that a few mean words said can constitute a crime worthy of a trial at a county court. (View Post)

They announced that $1.3bn last year. Here's an article from December: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/1-3b-federal-border-security-plan-to-have-24-hour-aerial-surveillance-anti-crime-joint… (View Post)