david_herdson

It's not clear that the tariffs *have* been paused, by the way. Trump's word is not (yet) law and there's no published Executive Order amending the previous rates yet. You'd assume that there probabl… (View Post)

Maybe a millennium bug issue? (View Post)

I don't know, to be honest, but I would be very surprised if it's not checked in the same way. I don't think bank details were always checked for CHAPS - the system predates COP ability, I believe - … (View Post)

The Lib Dems losing seats is not implausible. They hit pretty much every Tory target in 2024 so are at a starting point where the road is pretty steep. Even without the Tories gaining seats back (whi… (View Post)

That's (almost) always been the case. The justification for hardline policies lies in grievance and the perceived excess power of others meaning that softer measures cannot work. (View Post)