Tax on top of tax on top of tax. Tax the Crude Oil, then tax the Fuel, then add VAT on top. (View Post)

Both of those would be very much at risk if we had serious cuts in our power supply. (View Post)

But saying it is the French makes it sooooo much worse ;) Anyway, I thought we had some sort of naval treaty with the French specifically for this sort of situation? (View Post)

I would suggest that keeping the lights on and our homes warm is pretty high on the list of priorities for any Government. Though I accept that with Miliband in charge this is by no means a certainty. (View Post)

The Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq similarly. Encouraged to rebel against Saddam back in 1991 and then abandoned when the West decided not to pursue regime change. (View Post)