I dunno, I think in a lot of workplaces "don't bring up potentially contentious subjects like politics" is a conversational norm, so I wouldn't necessarily expect even people who … (View Post)

So with the lifetime cap, presumably this mostly causes problems for people like doctors whose pension scheme is fixed and defined-benefit? In a defined-contribution scheme you could just stop contri… (View Post)

The other obvious error (and fwiw one I feel Labour would probably not have made) was the sharp reverse from "no Christmas lockdown" to "lockdown" with about five days notice (tha… (View Post)

Given the massive size of the majority Starmer is likely to get, he won't need to put a lot of effort into keeping the more awkward of his leftward fringe onside in order to get legislation thro… (View Post)

Reminds me of the old Asimov multivac story, where computer prediction of election results becomes so perfect that they move to a system where the computer selects a single Voter, asks them a battery… (View Post)