Russia is not going to invade Lithuania. Two reasons immediately spring to mind: 1. The calculus of a direct attack on NATO hasn't changed. It is impossible for Russia to win such a war, and it would… (View Post)

That wider context is irrelevant to the present debate over wages. What's at issue here isn't the rights or wrongs of the substantial uprating of pensions and social security coming next Spring. Rath… (View Post)

Not necessarily true. Struggling businesses probably aren't going to pay generous wage increases, whereas healthy and highly profitable businesses have the option of making slightly lower profits and… (View Post)

Indeed. Whilst one appreciates the rationale behind Labour not promulgating a platform of detailed policies prior to a general election campaign, they do need to promote some kind of vision and give … (View Post)

The Tories clearly aren't an English nationalist party. If they were then they'd be advocating policies such as an English Parliament and junking the antiquated Barnett Formula in favour of something… (View Post)