I think it is cognate with "hip" (heope) as in "hips and haws". But your mileage may vary, as it might also be a dialect for bridge. It's a weird compound anyway; because it … (View Post)

It isn't, no. But in a shrinking economy, you need active measures to prevent wealth concentration, and this Government is not exactly renowned for their redistributive behaviour. (View Post)

I grew up on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border and all that country up through the villages and into the Dales feels like home, even though my family moved away nearly 40 years ago. (View Post)

I still don't understand why the banks don't get held more responsible for this. If they had not issued loans at crazy ratios, there would surely have been less overheating in the market, a… (View Post)

If good budgets on the night look bad in the morning, and bad budgets look better in the cold light of day, a mediocre budget probably just sits there like a damp towel you should have taken out of y… (View Post)