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I’m No, that's the thing. You and others consistently say "no one wants 'open borders'" but baulk at any policies designed to restrict immigration, ask 'what would you restrict?' or dismiss it as a secondary issue altogether. I remember bullet pointing areas where immigration directly...

Well, @Sky Blue Pete thinks anyone who considers voters wanting to reduce immigration as being mislead. Correct me if I’m wrong but that’s how understand your sentiments.

Tight regulation of the labour market pushes up wages. To use an example of this, why did HGV driver wages spike during COVID? There was a shortage of workers and businesses need to compete for labour. This is a historical trend that has been tracked from the Roman Republic/Empire to the Black...

Almost definitely. The second goal he scored v Charlton was also 0.95 xG and v Millwall there was a 0.99 xG goal too, his taps ins. Against PNE, in the first half Haji missed a 0.61 xG chance followed by a 0.38 xG one, this should’ve definitely resulted in 2 goals alone. The chance v Stoke was...

There’s a terrible irony here… Proud of trade union activism yet continues to support mass migration of low income, unskilled workers from outside the EU/EEA. The traditions of the trade union movement was hostile to low wage immigration because it undercuts their raison d’etre. Something the...

We’re gonna go up so: Don’t worry, About a thing, Because every little thing, Is gonna be right

There have been games where the supply has been lacking, our team xG has declined in December. That said, Haji has missed several big chances in that December stretch of games, particularly against PNE and Southampton. Two draws that should've been 2 wins imo. 2-3 goals that’s cost us points...

He's missed close to 3 xG since his last goal... Anything above 0.20 xG is generally considered a 'big chance', take the point blank header he missed at the weekend v Stoke (0.38 xG). The penalty shout v Southampton would not be credited either because he did not get a shot off. He was 1v1 if...

That's a fair generalisation. Unions are there for their members so they will push for higher wages and so on without care if the business goes under and the whole house of cards collapses. Trade unions don't create wealth and do not innovate. As you say, they fight for the status quo and resist...

The unions needed to be brought to heel because they were militant and hugely disruptive. I just think that if unions had a stake in the various businesses their members work for, perhaps industrial relations would be less adversarial. That said, in Germany they have a lot more temp jobs than...

No, my response was addressing a wider audience as well. As discussed previously, the legacy of Thatcher on industrial relations is terrible. To generalise, trade unions and employers are adversarial and interactions are zero-sum. In Germany, for example, trade unions sit on the boards of big...

Sweden has one of the highest populations of billionaires per capita in the world and Scandanavian countries are culturally homogenous. These are inconvenient truths to those on the left. If you want to maximise public spending, you need an environment that attracts top rate tax payers to reside...

MA now though! Science graduates at my uni had a reasonable amounts of essays to do. The closest I get to essay writing nowadays is on here! 😂 Even then, I type quite quick, have got into poor habits and autocorrect saves me from complete gibberish at times.

At this point, you’ve got to consider the possibility it’s deliberate…

Sometimes you reread a post, notice a grammar mistakes and just cringe…

How much time does Birmingham actually have though? FFP will kick in and as others have mentioned, the investors may scale back their interest in the club and leave them in the lurch.

The only benefit for that would’ve been 20 loyalty points. Other than that, not bothered about playing Fulham.

I was happy when Palace won it last year, a colleague of mine was at the game and they had the time of their life. They’ve waited near enough their entire life to win a trophy and that’s the beauty of the cup. I can’t stand it when it’s another clash between the big dogs. They don’t actually...

This is true. However, what you’ve described is work undertaken by the private sector, not civil servants. As outlined previously, HMRC’s headcount increases was poultry considering Brexit and these are the people who enforce everything you described. Likewise, the Department for Business and...

*Man City! 😂 I’ll keep an eye out for Macclesfield this FA Cup, now we have no horse in the race. They could’ve had as many seats as they wanted if they drew them away! We nearly had as many there as Stoke did.