I just came back from a concert of the music of Lord of the Rings. The orchestra was Ukrainian and most of them were not much more than teenagers, since older players are subject to the draft. Althou… (View Post)

But mostly crazy (View Post)

So he beat the odds, so what? This is a betting site, do you not understand probabilities? You might beat the odds but that doesn't change them. (View Post)

The UK falls to its lowest level ever on the Corruption perceptions index. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/30/uk-perceived-as-more-corrupt-lowest-score-global-index-transparency-internatio… (View Post)

Lack of growth is mostly the result of low investment or misdirected investment. UK productivity remains poor because, for example, the UK banking sector prefers to fund mortgages rather than corpora… (View Post)