Not even that. Pretty much everyone gets poorer over the next few years, taking account both of fiscal drag and pay settlements that are mostly well below the rate of inflation, except for the very w… (View Post)

The Ukrainians will do a perfectly competent job of draining Russia of brains and manpower utilising a variety of skilfully deployed modern armaments. I'm perfectly content to let them do it until th… (View Post)

That must be fun on a freezing cold windy day in January. (View Post)

Polite disagreements in the EU today around Russians fleeing conscription. The EU Council president has urged member states to open their borders to them. Poland and the Baltic States (with Finland s… (View Post)

All of the examples that you quote have something important in common: the lunatics haven't completely taken over the asylum. Our system offers completely untrammelled power to any sect that can capt… (View Post)