The CEBR say that on the day the date of the coronation was announced flight bookings to the UK went up by 149% (View Post)

Ah, I see you are a fellow fan of punctuated equilibrium. :smile: (View Post)

We spent far more during the Blair era. It never got us anywhere near within touching distance of the rest of Europe. I know you hate to hear it but no matter how much we spend on the NHS it will nev… (View Post)

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)