Indeed. Survival of the best adapted to new conditions. That does not necessarily mean ever upward. (View Post)

According to the CEBR the coronation was worth an additional £337 million to the UK economy. I would suggest the tax take from that would have comfortably coveerd the £72 million cost. (View Post)

Indeed. Most of the Health Services of Europe are better than ours - unless your measure is control of paper clip distribution. (View Post)

Since the topic of monarchy has turned up it was interesting listening to a radio 4 programme the other evening comparing the 1931 China floods that killed 2 million with the recent Spanish floods. O… (View Post)

Indeed. Right now (as of 09:50) we are still importing 14% of our energy through the interconnectors. (View Post)