I'm reminded of the way stately homes became simply uneconomic in their original setup at the beginning of the twentieth century, as the cost of labour rose and it wasn't possible to have a… (View Post)

It's not just in the air, it's in the House of Lords, isn't it? Gove's Leasehold and Freehold Reform bill doesn't make super drastic changes here, but judging from some brief… (View Post)

I'm against it for reasons including but not limited to the certainty of guilt problem. I wouldn't want it even for apparently very certain and very awful crimes, on the "hard cases ma… (View Post)

The 1000 puts you in a pretty narrow date range even if you hadn't given the year: earlier crsids were shorter, and later ones were usually 5 characters and avoided initial 1 to minimise l/1 con… (View Post)

FWIW, having been signed off sick once (repetitive strain injury), at the time it was exactly what I needed. But it was for a short term, followed by a phased gradual return to work targeting a final… (View Post)