Because no government is going to say it will spend less on pensions or less on the NHS. Not to mention government ministers, of every political persuasion, want to spend more as it makes them feel m… (View Post)

To be pedantic I don't think the Boris problem was one of incompetence. But rather one of idiocy and in particular idiocy of an insecure and self-indulgent variety. For example the Downing Stree… (View Post)

Not what the Guardian would have us believe: Overall, 51.7% of households in England and Wales in 2021 (12.8 million) were deprived in at least one of these dimensions (51.6% of households in England… (View Post)

Some really good info available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps (View Post)

Its more profitable to 'trade for it' than have our own capacity. At least more profitable for the well connected people able to have the buying made via themselves. (View Post)