When the pension age for men was set at 65 in 1925, average male life expectancy was 57. Life expectancy for men didn't exceed pension age until 1948. (View Post)

If you want to sort out the security of the ballot then do something about postal voting, not In Person ID fraud. But of course the Tories won't do anything about that because it would effect vo… (View Post)

Foraging can get over the top sometimes. I remembered this story from last year: https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/villagers-are-setting-up-patrols-in-lostwithiel-to-protect-its-wild-garlic-from-f… (View Post)

One of the issues with 'potholes' is that the sorts of repairs a contractor (or the local council) will do will never be able to last more than a year or so. Potholes often (but of course n… (View Post)

Yes, although it is £85,000 rather than £80,000. What you have to be careful of is that it is for each parent company. So if you have money in a number of banks/building societies but they are all ow… (View Post)