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That might be true! But I don't think many people are aware of the impact of finasteride - whereas the impacts of many other medicines are widely known and understood. Hopefully, those impacts are more positive than negative for you, Mike. Is finasteride one of the ones you take? (Or would you...

In our stupendously long brexit thread, one non-European person keeps cropping up in various ways. Trump's odd behaviour seems to go beyond the more usual variations that we all exhibit. Which made me, and no doubt millions of others, start wondering why. The Guardian published a tangentially...

My pet subject - medicines: Britain loses medicines contracts as EU body anticipates Brexit European Medicines Agency ends pharma evaluations work and moves contracts to bloc Lisa O'Carroll and Hannah Devlin Sun 2 Sep 2018 15.44 BST Last modified on Sun 2 Sep 2018 15.57 BST...

Which is precisely why another referendum seems the obvious thing to do! Governments have bowed to perceived pressure on all sorts of issues - quite frequently with a relatively low percentage of voters really caring. I offer the decision NOT to scrap copper coins because of the impression it...

If tomorrow there were convincing opinion polls that showed, say, 90% against brexit, would it still be right or the government to go ahead with it just because the last referendum was (just) in favour? The government must take into account the number who are against brexit.

Or, to look at it another way: Why should that 40% be allowed to spend my taxes on something I don't want?

Worse, you missed the "more than" or "substantially more than". At best it could be of registered voters and we have seen all too many suggestions that those under 18 are less likely brexit followers.

I heard this reported yesterday evening and couldn't get my head around how allowing the majority their say would betray democracy. Of course, such things have been said in many places, here for example, but when it is the PM spouting it... Depending on exactly what figures are being used, we...

Conservative party donor calls for second public vote on Brexit Sir Simon Robertson, former Rolls-Royce chairman, speaks out as warnings mount of huge costs of no-deal withdrawal A Conservative party donor has called for a referendum to be held on the final Brexit deal, amid new warnings about...

Does it generate a tune to go with them? The first one, fairly obviously, made me think of "No Woman, No Cry" - but it doesn't work. Has been annoying me ever since.

This morning, the Guardian reports on one possible consequence of tax avoidance. Now I wonder who could be affected by this? UK tax avoiders face being blocked from honours list Vetting process to minimise risk from candidates ‘have behaved in ways likely to bring the system into...

We don't stand a hope against EU negotiators with the most amazing skills: Barnier stands firm on post-Brexit border in Irish Sea

Man arrested after woman hurt in London e-bike collision Female victim, 56, suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by electric bike in Dalston Damien Gayle Thu 30 Aug 2018 09.49 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Aug 2018 10.52 BST A man has been arrested after a hit-and-run collision...

Changes to sterling like this are all very well, but they only reflect what those who influence rates think. And those thoughts can change in a blink. Such changes often do not reflect underlying reality - after all, a hint from Barnier is just that, not some actual agreement.

The one over-riding qualification is obviously self-serving.

Well, would you want it on your wall? Nigel Farage portrait fails to attract buyers at art show David Griffiths painting of ‘Mr Brexit’ unsold, while Jacob Rees-Mogg work fetches £450 Sarah Marsh A portrait of the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage failed to attract a single bid at one of...

Yet another use for the brexit billions: No-deal Brexit: Plan to maintain medicine supplies 'could cost £2bn' Campaign group Best for Britain warns of cost to health secretary’s stockpiling strategy You can be pretty sure that this is just what has been calculated for the initial part of the...

Maybe not important as a trade deal. Surely its perceived importance is that a deal which can be headlined like this has been agreed (in outline, "planned", or whatever its status) and will be used for PR? Mind, if SACU can get four billion, how much will others stick out to receive? Ah! And...

Shouldn't we be encouraging the constituent countries to do the same as us and leave the SACU? SEXIT? Then again, what would happen to any agreement we end up with should SACU disintegrate? (No need for any answers. :) )

Needs more than that to shut them up.