Which is almost certainly a bollox rewriting of history. In the summer of 1992 the discussions were whether the Conservatives would ever lose. (View Post)

The trade balance was regularly reported in the 1980s but at some point during the 1990s it stopped being so. The when it stopped being reported and the why it stopped being reported might be linked … (View Post)

One of the things I'm curious about is when did the trade balance stop being reported on the news. Two hundred consecutive months of the BBC announcing a trade deficit would have given an inklin… (View Post)

I find it difficult to tell. There are certainly people who are spending far above their income level but equally there are others spending far below their income level. Plus others spending at their… (View Post)

As do all businesses but they have the safeguard of competition from rivals. With a business which is a natural monopoly an effective regulator is required instead. (View Post)