Indeed. I washed my own car a few months back, it was a strangely satisfying experience producing a visible improvement and likely good exercise as well. (View Post)

All of those jobs saw massive increases in productivity during the 20th century via investment in new technology and training in new skills. Yet for the last two decades that process has changed to &… (View Post)

Perhaps he'd like to start with Alabama. Instead of elections people should be chosen at random for government office, including US senator. (View Post)

Returning to my hypothesis of this morning that on immigration what we're seeing is: 1) Reduced European immigration to Leave voting areas. 2) Increased non-European immigration to Remain voting… (View Post)

An interesting claim in the Guardian: a four-pack of brown onions at Morrisons went from 65p to £1.24 – a 91% rise. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/16/uk-government-meat-veg-prices-whic… (View Post)