The doomsaying of some people tends to increase or decrease depending on whether they support the current government. Its noticeable that the 'Britain is broken, nothing works anymore' talk of a year… (View Post)

Its the financial markets which will make that decision whether the politicians want to or not. Currently the price of the triple lock is a steady increase in the state retirement age. How far above … (View Post)

But it wont be current pensioners who get their state pensions means tested. It will be future pensioners who have both paid their taxes and funded their own personal pensions who would lose out. Whi… (View Post)

When Thatcher was prime minister the UK had a trade surplus. Thatcher also believed in living within your means and the UK often had a trade surplus when she was prime minister. Perhaps you could tel… (View Post)

Given that food seems to be more expensive in the USA I have some doubts about that. Likewise though joining the EU single market would be on terms favourable terms for the EU with free movement of p… (View Post)