To be fair, British trains have an excellent safety record. Doubtless aided by the fact that, owing to endless rounds of both engineering works and strikes, they are increasingly incapable of carryin… (View Post)

All part of a broader discussion as to the extent to which the severely ill or disabled should receive help to cope with their misfortune, and the extent to which they should be left to fend for them… (View Post)

Self-evidently this is going to vary wildly depending on the number of heirs and the value of the home; however, let's say that the average deceased pensioner house is worth about £300,000 and the av… (View Post)

New builds are genuinely crap. My own one bedroom flat (constructed in the early 2000s) might be described as bijou, but it's palatial compared with most of the rubbish that developers are churning o… (View Post)

Items 1 and 2 on your Mum's list were the great attraction to me, plus security of tenure. I've had to move on the whim of a landlord, wanting to sell up for their profit/convenience, before. Never a… (View Post)