Inflation is going to really hammer frozen public sector salaries (whilst public sector pensioners do very well). When I started civil service grad scheme my salary was £27k. 10+ years later they off… (View Post)

Can't we just nationalise Chelsea FC and sell it to the fans? If it has the effect of discouraging friends of dictators from purchasing premier league clubs, that's a price I'm willing… (View Post)

End of Feb and I have lost my bet with @BigRich that England hospitalizations would exceed 3k/day. Will make a £25 donation to pb com shortly. With hindsight, I essentially made the bet as hospitaliz… (View Post)

It's the way on here. Castigate the Tories for their many incompetences but then refuse to vote Labour/Lib Dem/other because there's some issue that is vitally important to you where you do… (View Post)

Thanks for the header. "The war is coming to us, whatever we do, so far better that the Russian forces are defeated in Donetsk than Dresden or Dover." This reminds me a little of the logic … (View Post)