The problem is that the whole EV thing is rather built on sand. For a lot of users, their real cost is more than running an ICE car, but this is hidden in the tax arbitrage, with the UK taxpayer taki… (View Post)

Surely it wouldn't be beyond the whit of man to find a standardised measurement of what we think people should be able to afford to achieve a basic standard of living, and then link it to the ON… (View Post)

It was obvious from his behaviour over Covid that he wasn't fit to govern - always calling for more lockdown, whether the country had millions of Covid cases or virtually none. To say nothing of… (View Post)

As someone who has employed various “persons of dubious abilities*“, the minimum wage is a big deal. I can get really good lads for £15/hr. I've just employed an engineering graduate on £13.50/h… (View Post)

Alas, in this barbaric age, us poor benighted employers have to pay people not just to be at work, but also whilst they are sloping off on holiday. Thus a full time minimum wage worker is paid for 26… (View Post)