The money hosed at the NHS tends to get recycled back into corporates who run increasingly large chunks of privatised healthcare. Take nurses - the reason for shortages is that many 'leave the profes… (View Post)

That's a nice analysis. (View Post)

Having just stayed in Edinburgh last week (Scottish Bookselling Conference) if you are happy to stay in what I call 'Bot Hotels' these can be cheap: everything automated, keypads, app-based and large… (View Post)

It is almost always possible to charge people under an existing act, but requires a case to be built. But that's expensive and time consuming so (as politicians) you being in some hurried legislation… (View Post)

The 1977 film Damnation Alley was based on the book by Roger Zelazny (which I haven't read but the film scared me witless when I watched it aged 11 or 12, and set me up nicely for Threads 4 years lat… (View Post)