Some of it holds up relatively well, a lot of it has enormous waiting lists, the terrible state of the ambulance service is well known, and significant chunks - GP surgeries in some areas, mental hea… (View Post)

Part-time working of this kind is, of course, very popular because it is a means for people who can't quite afford to retire to work less. Until the moment they can afford to retire properly, when th… (View Post)

You do this... how, exactly? Most jobs are not beloved vocations, and most workers would happily quit in a nanosecond if they won a socking great lottery prize. Very few people want to work any longe… (View Post)

Gordon Brown may be stupid enough to believe that "more powers" is going to solve this problem when it hasn't on the previous umpteen occasions, though to be kind he's a Scottish Unionist t… (View Post)

On topic: interest rate hikes are no longer much use to the base because retail banks will use them to profiteer. The whole lot will go on loans and mortgages, whilst about 0.00001% of it will be app… (View Post)