There are some great quotes in that DM piece, reproducing here for those who do not wish to sully themselves with the sidebar of shame. Mr Johnson has complained the cost of the refurbishment by Carr… (View Post)

I've noticed in a couple of places the term BAME being phased out in favour of something vague and inoffensive, so maybe it is on the way to being cancelled. Have to agree with @Gardenwalker, without… (View Post)

Really pissed off having scraped together a relatively (well, for anywhere except London) decent deposit, that might, at a push, buy a half decent two bed somewhere not on fire. Yay, more house price… (View Post)

I can see where you're coming from there... But the one crumb of comforts for me, is that for all his faults my reading is that Johnson is basically a 1990s Tory / Libertarian at heart, and locking p… (View Post)

I'd tend to agree. I'm really not convinced the better performance of other countries can be wholly attributed to policy decisions. At any rate, these involve a set of trade-offs around health, the e… (View Post)