In both cases, people find doing the job full-time too knackering. So, as soon as they can afford to, they don't. (Which is a problem with pay as a recruitment handle. Current pay doesn't get enough … (View Post)

I'm sure this doesn't apply to Mrs Cumberland, but another depressing figure from a depressing survey by Dan Neildle's think tank; Our question was: “Suppose that you earn £50,270, the highest amount… (View Post)

As someone in that category... For all sorts of reasons to do with career, family and temperament, money is fairly low down my list of priorities now. And that's mostly because of having a paid-off m… (View Post)

When one politician is non-serious, it's the fault of that politician. When all of them are like that, it's the fault of the electorate. (View Post)

Fair enough. Though my thinking was that you can't repeatedly fly that close to the Sun without getting burnt. As Boris had many times before. Eventually, it was bound to be fatal. Had it not been pa… (View Post)