The only surprise here is that anyone would be surprised that a church would facilitate such crimes. That's organised religion for you. (View Post)

The central problem with the Budget was the national insurance hike. It's been presented as an effort to get businesses to contribute more rather than workers, but in practice all it will do is weake… (View Post)

I am assuming that the Trump victory we're now all expecting is down to the economy. There are a range of different factors in play as well, obviously, but in this crucial respect it's exactly like w… (View Post)

The Gray business is immaterial. This is down to taking money off granny, allied to a lot of gloomy prognostication and the assumption of tax hikes. It always seemed probable that the Government woul… (View Post)

Again, most of English local government faces eventual bankruptcy unless it is given the funds to deal with social care and housing homeless families. Some councils are in more trouble than others, s… (View Post)