People can do largely as they please in international waters, if it were in a nation's domestic waters then that nation would have the right to determine what can and can't be done, but int… (View Post)

I never made that claim. Yes, though, other countries have a higher casualty rate. Which has a logical explanation, if the cultural opposition to drink-driving (which is the most important thing) bre… (View Post)

The market failure is that an oligopoly of firms have planning permission to build but competitors do not. Small firms can't get planning permission quickly and easily and can't compete. So… (View Post)

Not at all. Using that logic, our current policies are working. Why could that be? Well, in the UK we have a cultural opposition to drink-driving, which is well-embedded, that has worked. People are … (View Post)

Do they? Other places (rest of Europe) have a considerably worse road safety record than we do. The statistics show that the UK's roads are amongst the safest in Europe and the safest in the pla… (View Post)