Its not really clear why. Its not just Brexit, its the impact of the pandemic among other things. What is surprising is why its not getting fixed. If there is a lack of something the market ought to … (View Post)

See also the Bengal famine. British more concerned with winning the war than keeping Indians alive.* *Slight oversimplification for brevity. (View Post)

First as TSE isn’t here (View Post)

One of my wife’s mums friends always used to get her and her sister a lottery ticket at Christmas as a little present. I always wondered how the friend would feel if one of the tickets had come in bi… (View Post)

There is definitely something in this. I also recall an old TV show about applicants for Officer training at (I think) Sandhurst. The interviewers (all seemingly old public school chaps) got on best … (View Post)