I know that you caveated your premise, but IQ is not largely inherited, even if it was a good measure of anything beyond the ability to do well on an IQ test (which it isn't) (View Post)

Yes - but he's far ahead in the polls because of FPTP and Tory meltdown, not because of anything he did. Which is also why even if he wins a stonking majority I think the honeymoon will be short… (View Post)

I think the bigger issue for Labour is under promising and still under delivering - they are essentially arguing to be Tory lite who are competent at austerity, rather than the Tory party at the mome… (View Post)

I'm not pro-NATO, I am anti-imperialist and Russia is as much an imperialist project as the US. Both states / blocs in a conflict can be bad, and one can still wish for the emancipation of the p… (View Post)

Extreme weather contributing one-third of all food price inflation with worse to come in 2024, warn climate researchers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/27/climate-crisis-energy-costs-fu… (View Post)