I do find it difficult to be completely critical of the Chinese (in particular) or the Indians. WHat they have done to improve living standards for their people has been nothing short of incredible. … (View Post)

World population in 1967 was 3.5 billion approx. So 55% would be 1.9 billion-ish World population in 2023 is projected at around 8.1billion approx. So 8% would be around 650 million. Big drop in real… (View Post)

What annoys me most about that is that it actually didn't (and doesn't) have to be that way. Yes there was always going to be a hit on the economy - all change is disruptive but that is not… (View Post)

Been watching the Tour de France and tennis rather than PB today so apologies for coming to this late. The last part of TSE's thread header is just plain wrong. Brexit is nothing like prohibitio… (View Post)

Hahahaha. You are deluded if you think being a member of the EU made us anything other than a rule taker anyway. That is the whole point of QMV. We don't get to choose. (View Post)