Yes, the National Lottery is terrible value for money, paying only 50% back in prizes (vs 80% on that fruit machine in the pub, and 90%+ on most casino games). But it’s the tiny chance of a million o… (View Post)

Good to hear there’s some advantages to having had so many prime ministers in recent years. (View Post)

WildBerries St Petersburg on fire this morning. https://x.com/bohuslavskakate/status/2080471937768153248 They’re really not good at this air defences thing, apart from shooting down their own planes. (View Post)

Lineker’s a past master at that, he spent a lot of money challenging an IR35 judgement over his BBC earnings only a few years ago. They ended up with an undisclosed settlement which I suspect wasn’t … (View Post)

But if a bunch of smug wankers want to tell the government to tax them more because that’s their fetish, then the government should absolutely start with charging them more tax. Or is their letter ac… (View Post)