The monarchy is not going anywhere, and neither are Scotland or Northern Ireland. This talk about it, here and elsewhere, is just displacement activity. Saw my first swifts of the year yesterday. Rea… (View Post)

The Scottish census has been a spectacular disaster and will have serious consequences for policy-making as the census returns are so important for providing the raw data on which decisions are made.… (View Post)

He isn't and you shouldn't post comments like that. (View Post)

Ukraine. This seems to be a very plausible forecast of Putin's next moves from someone who predicted the invasion back in December (and gave the reasons). Worth a few minutes of your time. "I am… (View Post)

One of the ironies in all this, given the twitterings of the Remainer crowd, is that the EU powers seem so cynical while the UK actually possesses a moral compass with regard to its foreign policy. A… (View Post)