I'd like to hear more about Grant Shapps' spreadsheet skills, but all of that seems to have gone quiet. (View Post)

Japanese toilets should become the world standard. I realised that when I was in Tokyo for a few days in 2014. (View Post)

John Gray has one of the best explanations for populism imo. "What they call populism is the political blowback against the social disruption their policies have produced. They can't unders… (View Post)

Trump is a warning to democracies everywhere of what you get if mainstream politicians ignore the legitimate concerns of a large segment of the population. Between 2000 and 2015 life was getting wors… (View Post)

Is the US election really in just two and half weeks' time? It felt like it would never arrive. (View Post)