Very difficult politically. Since time immemorial, people have been told that they were 'making contributions' to their state pensions in the NI they paid, and pension entitlement is linked… (View Post)

You have three types of balsamic vinegar but no Parmigiano-Reggiano in the house? Time for a review of priorities. (View Post)

Yes, definitely, Cameron's policy was a good one. Not a total solution, though; I'm not sure there is one. I do agree we can't just keep incentivising people to attempt the Channel cro… (View Post)

It's one of the curiosities of current politics that liberal-left gold-standard Denmark, under a female Social Democrat PM, out-Philip-Thompsons @Philip_Thompson on this issue. (View Post)

On topic, a tweet from Sam Freedman: Best thing about this poll is that 21% of Tory voters would trust Boris to have dinner with their (female) partner but just 7% trust him to fix a shelf. People re… (View Post)