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The reason for leaving the EU was massively fear-based: all the terrible things that the EU have done, are doing, will do in the future. The reason for remaining in the EU is also fear-based: fear of economic damage, fear of rising xenophobia. Well by expanding the EU to the Eastern bloc my employe...

I use the Tesco hand held self scanners every week to fill my trolley for the weekly groceries shop. So walk round the shop scanning as I put the stuff in my bags, take the trolley to the self-scanner checkouts, pay via by CC and wheel it out to car and put the bags in the car: easy The time saving ...

It seems like a very concentrated attack on a specific section of Tesco's current account customers. Figures being quoted are 20000 customers affected in some way out of their 138000 current account customer base. The attack clearly timed over the weekend and for those numbers of accounts to be &quo...

(1) Unwillingness to admit mistakes and change long-held views. (2) Peer pressure (in real life, not here). (3) Self-image of moral superiority, regardless of the fact that his advocated policies have been proven to make the problems worse and create more, not less, suffering. You forgot two more (...

My own view is that if Germany (and the other 18 nations) had given in to the Greek posturing that the Eurozone would have been finished. I think you are correct - which is why I am so enthusiastic for Greece to default 100%, tell Merkel she might as well whistle Dixie if she wants her money back a...

The Greeks should simply start quite literally printing euros and nationalise the Greek central bank at the same time If the ECB won't in effect print Euros for them - then the Greeks can do it themselves. Illegal under EU rules - certainly: but what is Germany going to do - invade them? Of course i...

It is and always has been standard employment practice in the private sector that doing such things (ie critizing your employer in a public manner) would be a disiplinary offense. My own contract explicitly stated that public utterances by me, unless authorised by the company, mentioning my work or ...

2. Let's say that Labour won, and he's stripped of his bonus, and the Government wins the subsequent inevitable court case, then they've established a legal precedent that Parliament can arbitrarily change, slash or remove the contracted terms of a public servant's employment; My private sector emp...

The whole premise behind this is that the EU is a monster that is out to get us, rather than being an organisation (accepted, a far from perfect one) which we have (had?) the opportunity to be an influential member of. Well, I spent 25 years working in British manufacturing exporting industry. That...

I always use the self service checkouts everywhere I find them. At Tesco I always use the hand held self scanner, allowing me to put the groceries in the bag as I self scan........so I no longer need to stand in a checkout queue, take all the stuff out of the basket and put it on a conveyor, have it...

Of course it raises the question, why are such plan B structures not pre-fabricated and ready for use? The oil industry had 100% faith in blow-out protectors? Doesn't care? Doesn't think? Or has a duty to shareholders to maximise short term profits by minimising short term costs and thus only inves...