In order to balance the budget you need both. Especially as borrowing more to plug the deficit is increasingly difficult/expensive. The deficit cannot be plugged by tax arises alone. It's far too lar… (View Post)

We'll also get some meaningful (at last) public-sector/spending reform instead of every government's solution of just endlessly shovelling more cash into bottomless pits. Reform the basis of the NHS?… (View Post)

Subs do have the advantage of not having windows or balconies of course - the nemesis of many a Russian.... (View Post)

As a literary man (so I understand from your posts) have you read "Riddley Walker" by Russell Hoban? A very difficult book to read as it is all written in a post-apocalyptic dialect - writt… (View Post)

Thanks. Although we may disagree on the issue being debated, which is perfectly fine and why we're here, it's actually heartening to see some people at least who respect debate without recourse to si… (View Post)