How many people were ever in love with work though? Most jobs constitute drudgery, working with horrid people, dealing with horrid customers, flogging yourself for shite wages, or some combination of… (View Post)

It's the "we think this tax is crap" versus "we mustn't be seen to profane the NHS God" dilemma. If you offered the same set of respondents a choice between funding the … (View Post)

Meanwhile, away from the utterly irrelevant ex-royal idiot, the Great British banking industry continues its superb PR effort for socialism: February 4th: BoE boss Bailey calls for wage restraint to … (View Post)

Past time for the good people of York to raise a petition to have him stripped of the title. I know there are bigger things to worry about, but OTOH it's a lovely city and it's rather sad, … (View Post)

Some data from the ONS, concerning changes in housing tenure over time in England: People aged 65 and over 1993 own outright: 55.7% own with mortgage: 5.8% private rental sector: 6.3% social rental s… (View Post)