I think the logic is to encourage people to save and have a nest egg for the future. Which is certainly not a bad idea - people with modest savings are much more likely to tide over the modest storms… (View Post)

One of the interesting features of the current evangelical Anglican scene (or certainly the growing bits of it, anyway) is that it's pretty much dumped the infant baptism thing. I'm part of a large E… (View Post)

A democratic "mandate" achieved by virtue of there being no way to vote against this stuff (because it's all done by cosy concensus between all the parties) sounds like the sort of thing on… (View Post)

The difference is that no one attempts to drive any distance in North London. In North Wales, when I was growing up, the "local" hospital was an hours drive away, the nearest supermarket 4 … (View Post)

When you say "overwhelming democratic mandate", what you actually mean is "all shades of local councillors are fully signed up for this stuff, so there is no possibility to vote it dow… (View Post)