The best use of cash to fix that isn't dropping billions on a railway between them, but to extend the M67 to the M1 somewhere near Dodworth, replacing the Snake and Woodhead passes for most traf… (View Post)

Junction 37 on the M6 (Kendal) has a sign that says "The North". Tebay and Penrith don't as far as I can see. (View Post)

The problem with this is simple. The MOD has demonstrated again and again that all it is good at is pissing vast quantities of money away for almost zero return. They will keep demanding ever more ca… (View Post)

I think one of the defining moments of my childhood (aged about 8) was seeing a woman in front of me in a queue at the local post office play a £1 scratchcard, win £2, immediately buy two more scratc… (View Post)

Obvious example of the Laffer curve in the wild - adjusting Corp tax rates down in the short term reduced Corp tax take, but then resulted in an increased take over the longer term. This is particula… (View Post)