Farage is like Trump: he promises high state spending on his supporters *and* low taxes. Generally, there’s some magic element that will cover the difference (tariffs, saving money on asylum seekers). (View Post)

There isn't a hard and fast distinction, I suggest, between investment and spending. It is, as others have suggested, a political game of how to label spending. A new hospital is investment. Great, y… (View Post)

Those sorts of citation errors are classic tells that someone has used gen AI. (View Post)

Some health outcomes are related to lifestyle choices -- smoking being by far the biggest, but physical activity and diet also important -- but a huge amount of variation in health outcomes is just b… (View Post)

I presume Ukaea are a local version of Ikea, yes? (View Post)