47% of British people support reintroducing National Service for 17 to 21-year-old men; 43% oppose it. 42% are in favour of National Service for women, while 48% are against it. And 49% think crime rates would fall if National Service were reintroduced. (YouGov/The Independent) Regular readers of this blog may remember that I did two …
The EU represents 7% of the world’s population, approximtely 23% of global GDP and 50% of global public spending. Even without Britain almost all the nations of the EU have the highest life expectancy at birth, the best access to education and the highest GDP per capita. The crude capitalism that is typical of China …
The scale of the impending disaster is becoming clear”, says Will Hutton in The Observer. Unless May changes her position quite substantially, the gulf between the UK and the EU is simply too wide for a deal to be possible. Britain is “certain to go over a cliff; the only question is how great the …
A gerontologist who has researched old age had an interesting experience with a group of young students. They had read books about career strategies and success, many of which emphasised purpose. They had heard motivational speakers exhort them to find a single life passion, without which they were sure to drift, rudderless, through a disappointing …
“Is what Airbnb doing internationally illegal, or simply a disgrace? “Imagine a gorgeous home for your next getaway: a well-stocked kitchen, pool out the patio doors, nice linens, flowers on the bedside table. Sounds great, right? “Here’s the problem: “That house: stolen. “That land: stolen. “The roads on that stolen land to take you to …
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