Been around since, for example, the C12 Rolls of Oléron regulating international maritime trade ... (View Post)

Easy. Universal Credit (see the small print on the Yougov image). The Speenhamland System de nos jours, subsidising employers (on one perspective). Lots of the money goes to people in work. Who are t… (View Post)

Would he, seriously? It's not as if we were all watching News at 6 or C4 at 7 pm (if memory serves). It was mediated by any number of channels and commentators. And more informational stuff certainly… (View Post)

Covid made me realise the fragmentation fo modern society. As late as HIV, and for years after, you could advertise on a limited number of TV channels and maybe a dozen newspapers and get the governm… (View Post)

They were infectious, that was the problem (and a particular issue with covid). They weren't healthy. Just seemed to be, unless one tested. Edit: I particularly say that because asymptomatic covid ha… (View Post)