Boris Johnson is also going on a spending spree, it seems.As it happens, I'm in complete agreement with both of you. There is just this nagging question of the alternative...
Boris Johnson is also going on a spending spree, it seems.As it happens, I'm in complete agreement with both of you. There is just this nagging question of the alternative...
No, indeed you don’t. But you have to pretend to be a leftie if you want your child to have play dates. Lefties are not usually nice people.Seems you don't have to be a Leftie to get into a private school
Verdi was a one big rich, privately educated and intelligent... socialist, but you leave La Traviata out of it. (Take La Fuerza del Destino instead, and not the overture - unless you dare to open the door when the destiny is knocking!). Verdi has been politicised and snatched by both left and right. It was possible for one reason: bel canto operas are like myths - on the surface trivial stories, but they speak in metaphors about timeless universal truths people will probably never understand.They love
Dire Straits
Tuscany
La Traviata
“Voluntarily”!?!?! I thought you read every written word very carefully!I could see it being a deterrent to some people's voting Labour, but I'm going to guess you'd count that as another win.
Yes, despite Gamal's misgivings, I do pay attention to written words. My point was that if voluntarily paying extra taxes were to be part and parcel of voting Labour, some people may reconsider their voting plans.“Voluntarily”!?!?! I thought you read every written word very carefully!I could see it being a deterrent to some people's voting Labour, but I'm going to guess you'd count that as another win.
I don't actually think that is limited to the UK. Maybe it's an Anglo-Saxon cultural thing, but at least if with "wealthy" you mean somebody with high income (confusing stock and flow concepts, I know, but frequently done), there is the argument that the opportunity cost of your time is high. Of course, that does not necessarily mean that you are well suited for the task at hand, as I have learnt first hand. There are so many things that I'm bad at, especially those involving physical work.People in the UK have a strange attitude to voluntary service - they seem to appreciate it more when it's done by wealthier people. Some of my voluntary "work" (no virtue signalling here - I wouldn't do it if I didn't like it) involves visiting people's houses. They sometimes seem shocked that I travelled in a first class or a taxi. I feel like I get twice as many brownie points as my worse-off mates, while it should be the other way around...