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The new government is gearing up for a new Strategic Defence Review process, which should give us a better basis for discussion. The last one, published in March 2021 (after having been delayed for o… (View Post)

No-one was seriously planning for a world-scale war in 1914, of course. Indeed, the decision to force hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men into the meat grinder, no matter the long-term damage to… (View Post)

And, of course, the benefits cap means that very few people of working age are actually able to get the full LHA amount anyway in London (and presumably much of the South-East as well). The only part… (View Post)

77,000 m² vs 112,000 m² according to Google, so not that different in terms of space - but, yeah, I'd suggest housing only the debating chambers and perhaps some of the committee rooms in the palace … (View Post)

I would have thought that if an individual parking meter isn't sufficiently profitable to cover the £8/month-ish cost of a wholesale wired connection, then there's probably not much point in charging… (View Post)