Given how much time Starmer spent in opposition obsessing about anything that could be perceived as the slightest bit whiffy with the government, one didn’t expect himself and his party to be absolut… (View Post)

The China/Saudi agreement is very small at the moment, but indicates the direction of travel. Yes it’s been predicted for decades that the US$ will lose reserve status. What’s new now is that the OPE… (View Post)

Whoops. That kinda stinks. The next issue (or 20) of Private Eye is going to be well worth reading! (View Post)

Good point that in the UK the effective tax rate on that sort of salary is going to be pretty close to 45%, whereas those in the ME and Asia will be taking home a lot more than that, with the US some… (View Post)

LOL. We’ve all made similar mistakes once. The sensible IT people have only ever done it once. The only people pulling drives from running systems should be the salesman on his own demo environment. (View Post)