I would have thought that the other reason most MPs don't attend debates would be that they have no effect on the outcome - in almost all cases MPs will vote with their party and even a good short we… (View Post)
Some other non reddit forums I'm on that have survived have done so either because they're almost a closed community, where the central posters know each other well enough that they're there to talk … (View Post)
The whole debt ceiling and government shutdown mechanism is a complete farce anyway and they ought to get rid of it (but never will). It's just an opportunity for politicians to grandstand and play b… (View Post)
I found a random blogpost from Taxwatch from earlier this year -- https://www.taxwatchuk.org/hmrc-skills-future/ -- that says that HMRC is one of only four government departments that has shrunk sinc… (View Post)
I think it's pretty dubious of the EU to be putting loyalty clauses into their pension schemes in the first place, really. My employer doesn't get to yank back their contributions to my pension if I … (View Post)