Fortunately stopping people from going on sunshine holidays is relatively easily accomplished. You can just tell them it's illegal (and ideally compel anyone who wants to leave the country to pu… (View Post)

Unwise. At a rate of decline of 20% per week, it would take until early May to get down to 1,000 cases per day - and the rate of decline in cases is presently slowing (down to 16% per week according … (View Post)

Yes, I can just imagine the entire UK package tour market reorienting toward a remote archipelago in the middle of the North Pacific. It's all so simple. Why did no-one think of this before? Ser… (View Post)

Logically one would expect this to have made the Green Belt problem even worse though. Not nearly all the escapees fleeing the capital screaming will be able to work full-time and remotely from anywh… (View Post)

Why? Yes, I know it's very funny, but what looks awful in one cultural context is innocent in another. Swastikas, for example, are widespread and entirely inoffensive symbols in many Asian cultu… (View Post)