I think that is a different point though. Although I think it will be a significant influence in 2024, by 2034 we will not be harkening back to it - and certainly not by 2064. Whereas the impact of a… (View Post)

The compelling argument for me is the fact that (until WW1 usurped it) the scar on the collective psyche of the English Civil War *far outstripped* the scar of the Great Plague. (View Post)

The point is that the whole loan/interest thing is a painfully thin bit of obfuscation for the fact that this is a graduate tax in a hat. Most students today will never pay off the loan (and those th… (View Post)

Here we go. (View Post)

"I couldn't have been at the party as I was caught on CCTV running over an old lady in my 4x4 at the time in question." (View Post)