It's a bit wokey. Use BC instead. In terms of the numbers, 'late' and 'early' are confusing but not so much the centuries, which mirror the AD ones: twentieth century BC is 2… (View Post)

It's not an either-or analysis. Private schooling does make it easier to reach The Club. Whether that's connections, attitude, quality of education, expectations or whatever. Probably all o… (View Post)

If we get rid of a lot of planning (and licencing) restrictions, then local services will follow the market. Build the developments and shops and the rest will follow. (View Post)

I only partially agree. Ministers clearly have sometimes put part of their chumocracy forward to unsuitable roles, or after earlier failures elsewhere, but (particularly recently) the speed at which … (View Post)

I disagree. It's a very good article. Sure, it doesn't cover everything about power in the UK, and the influence of extremely wealthy foreigners (whether resident or just with interests in … (View Post)