The UK is not a particularly unequal society. The richest 1% own about 10% of net wealth. In the USA, that proportion is 31% (where the UK was 100 years ago). The global average, per country, is 43%.… (View Post)

What made me think about this was the Guardian’s claim today, that excessive concentration of wealth leads to societal collapse. That’s true, looking from a military history viewpoint. Societies with… (View Post)

Gill is far too obscure a figure for his conviction to have an impact. (View Post)

The only deal Russia will accept is one that converts Ukraine into Belarus. (View Post)

My memories of the Seventies are pretty good ones. My father was doing very well financially, and we had some wonderful holidays in Spain, Switzerland, Devon, Ireland, Brittany. My first political me… (View Post)