People bang on a bout cliff edges and marginal tax rates for those on benefits but you need a culture shift that says getting handouts is a bad thing if you can support yourself. Brown wanted everyon… (View Post)

Even if you accept her innocence of the specific crimes, her lack of curiousity both at home and in her job as SNP leader is the crime she is being accused of. But she has always had a very selective… (View Post)

Or as Pratchet put it ‘The truth shall make you fret’ (View Post)

Both Blair's labour and Thatchers conservatives appealed to a wide demographic. Blair made centre right folk happy to vote labour. Thatcher convince enough people that she had the answers to cha… (View Post)

Many years ago a friend and I were in the habit of writing to sports stars and commentators, usually with a numerous bent. One test Atherton had played four or five different boundary finding shots i… (View Post)