Combination of energy prices, feed prices, losses to bird flu and the ongoing shift from battery farming to free range, according to reports. (View Post)

It's also entirely understandable. Most people want to give up dragging themselves to work as soon as they can, and working (full-time, at least) becomes increasingly exhausting as we age. And an awf… (View Post)

Oh absolutely, Qatar is vastly less problematic than Russia in the grand scheme of things. Then again, "not as bad as Russia" is much the same as saying "not as bad as the Black Death.… (View Post)

Human beings are hard wired with a survival instinct that's incompatible with the acceptance of mortality. Religion is a way to cheat death by pretending that we aren't just complex biological comput… (View Post)

As ever with this lot, it's socialism for the Tory core vote and the harsh gales of the free market for everyone else. Ignore the tinkering around the edges: the long term thrust of policy remains to… (View Post)