Politicians being ready to pander to anything in exchange for votes is as old as voting as well. What has changed is social media, and the effectiveness of this strategy. Social media needs to be sin… (View Post)

Rent collection day? (View Post)

It also makes a negligible contribution to our spending. We'd save a quid a year each if we stopped funding it. (View Post)

Reducing the salaries of every government employee bar the geeky, numerate, IT savvy who we should actually pay much more is surprisingly popular on pb for some very obscure reason. (View Post)

No it is not another business for a few reasons. One is it attracts overseas nation state owners who use it for soft power. Another is each club has a monopolistic relationship with its fans. Also fa… (View Post)