Oh Canada! With Trump and the power of Trump having been defeated, its time to listen to Carney. The previous US-led free trade world "is over". Instead of wazzocking around like Starmer tr… (View Post)

My business accepts cash. My point was that cash is not a solution for general power outages. My shop might be willing to take cash and note down sales on a bit of paper, yours might do, but the vast… (View Post)

Of course the problem with the smug "see I told you to use cash" people is that in a general power cut the tills are off anyway. Same with the "how will you charge your car in a power … (View Post)

Sure - the welfare state has completely lost sight of its purpose - a generous safety net when needed. Its no longer generous, and it captures people. Here's my basic problem. The small numbers … (View Post)

I don't disagree that reform is needed - I think we need to remake the state at a wholesale level. What I would challenge is the detail of how you think we should do it: Public Sector Headcount … (View Post)