Indeed. The contrast of the Goodwins and Applegarths walking away with fortunes while local bank branches shut with their workers getting only statutory redundancy was noticed. (View Post)

I invest quite a bit. In my pension, in shares, in some physical tangible assets, in other things. But this money I invest comes from reducing my current consumption. Are the people who want more �… (View Post)

That depends on what that 'investment' is. There's no shortage of bad investments which lose money rather than increase it. The idea that all 'investment' is good is not just… (View Post)

One thing which I think is under-estimated is the resentment that the City, and thereby London, was bailed out in 2008 while the rest of the country was abandoned. We'd had decades of Labour pol… (View Post)

It seems some people want to live in abject terror of covid even after being fully vaccinated and continually demand more vaccinations at, very likely, ever shorter intervals. What vaccination gives … (View Post)