Trying to keep an ageing, poorly-maintained artefact functional in modern conditions, despite the massive disruption caused? Sounds very on-topic to me. (But in general, yes. It's far too easy to fud… (View Post)

(Ken Livingstone voice:) You know who else struggled to fight a war on two fronts? (Normal voice again:) For now, Labour don't really have that problem. There are very few potential Lib/Lab battlegro… (View Post)

Depends on what places Labour are losing votes, and who they are losing them to. Take somewhere like East Surrey. Shares last time were Con36 Lab20 LD18 Ref17. Or Hamble Valley: Con37 LD28 Lab16 Ref1… (View Post)

Yes. That can work both ways, though, as Mr Micawber pointed out all those years ago. Holding expenditure below rising income isn't easy but it's probably the secret to a contented life. However, it'… (View Post)

The difficulty is that the "proponents of X are always in it for personal gain" is always true of everyone. To an extent. So it's just as true of companies currently making decent profits f… (View Post)