It says it all that JPMorgan Chase think it's a better bet to start from scratch and follow the Starling/Monzo/Revolut digital-only model than to take over a business like TSB. The only problem with the challenger banks is that they seem just as eager to charge loads of tiny little fees as the lega...

Oh goody. I’d missed this cheerful thread.

Genius idea there. GPs famously haven't had much on in the last couple of years. Good to give them a bit of admin. I think there could probably be a middle ground between "GP note" and "say you're exempt". An online declaration perhaps. This might actually help those with exempt...

More generally, I would have hoped the interchange cap would have been removed entirely from the EU-inherited U.K. law, rather than this grey area (which benefits nobody except card issuers). If the US is any indication, retailers don’t increase prices by the amount of the fee to compensate and full...

I’m not only bored of masks, I’m bored of discussing masks. Though I’m happy to wear one if asked nicely, or if I sense that not doing so would make someone uncomfortable.

I’d much rather the time and effort went into vaccination.

I get the impression that it’s the same as people not getting better after any illness. In that a proportion have some complication (pretty easy to see and explain), a proportion have mental health issues (hardly surprising), and possibly a tiny number have a weird complication. As opposed to the on...

Sod all that can be done really, unless we somehow limit provision of phone numbers to companies who can prove a bonafide UK existence. 10p charge to call/text a phone number you haven’t called/texted within the last 365 days. Plus the option for recipients to opt out of the scheme. Problem solved.

WillPS wrote: ↑Sun 16 May, 2021 20.55

You don't see Dax much these days. Back in the early 2000's it seemed to be everywhere.

I’d have expected the animated reveal to try and make that obvious, but it doesn’t either.

The reopening roadmap looks pretty good to me. The sweet spot for the things I enjoy will be in 6 weeks’ time and that’s not awfully long.

I do almost all my casual web browsing from a phone these days; it’s as good a way as any to occupy dead time. When I’m on a laptop or desktop it is usually with a specific purpose (work, content creation, etc). Even though I also prefer a full size keyboard, I unquestionably type more words on my p...