It seems to me from the discussion on this thread that there's really very little we can do about the predicament we are in. We have been engaged on is a sort of socialism on steroids. A vast subsidy… (View Post)

An outstanding question. Not all conservatives agree with Sunak and Johnson. Today the CBI warned a third of the UK businesses had effectively ceased to function. A further third were functioning wit… (View Post)

The threat to the overall health of the population from this disease is less, surely, than say smallpox in the 18th century. Or Spanish flu in 1919. Or a dozen other outbreaks you could name. And yet… (View Post)

Oh just accept it then right? you can't get a job in your own industry, you can;t retrain because colleges are locked down, your prospects of a job in another industry are close to zero for years to … (View Post)

The lockdown wont last indefinitely, but the effects of it will last a very long time. 2008 lasted a very long time, and this is much much worse than 2008. The worst slump in centuries according to a… (View Post)