For me, one of the most off-putting things about Sunak is his disdain for politics. It's not just that he lacks a vision, it's that he doesn't seem to see the point of having a vision. That's not som… (View Post)

I think it's fair to say that there's usually been an implicit acceptance that 'more is better', at least in the modern era. Exceptions - the Inclosure Acts, Highland Clearances, Corn Laws (and the G… (View Post)

The latest UN prediction is that global population will peak in the late 2080s, so you'd expect the real demographic crisis to occur 60-70 years after that. But we'll get into a beggar-thy-neighbour … (View Post)

Not sure that awarding the George Cross to the Met would go down very well at the moment, mind... (View Post)

That last bit is certainly true of the conflict I'm most familiar with, in Northern Ireland. Hence the old '...yes, but are you a protestant Jew or a catholic Jew?' joke, which rests on the very real… (View Post)