Inasmuch as there's anything useful human beings can do better than machines in 10 or 20 years' time, it would be an excellent idea to consider. As part of an overall strategy to work out how we cope… (View Post)

What a difference a desperate desire to save one's career makes. Just four months ago: Downing Street has dismissed a warning from the head of the British army that the UK public must be prepared to … (View Post)

This may attract voters on the right-wing fringe, but it's going to be poison for voters anywhere near the centre. (View Post)

Rishi Sunak as Robert Graves's Claudius? "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out" (View Post)

This is why I think buying Tory seats is such a risky proposition. If they carry on like this, it is difficult to see where the floor is, particularly in view of the number of narrow Tory victories i… (View Post)