All of those things are desirable. But they don't necessarily follow from greater equality; they follow from the poor being better off. Some advocates of equality do so purely on the grounds of … (View Post)

Pink was thought a very masculine,bold colour in the Victorian era, ISTR. (View Post)

...and even less money to spend on anything which might ge erate some growth. I think it was @kinabalu yesterday who said the only plan any government can have right now is to steet the very narrow f… (View Post)

I think on a site devoted to politcal predictions it's worth saying however, not least because it's far from universally held despite (to me) appearing by some way the most likely outcome f… (View Post)

Something I've just found out: The Dalai Lama is now about 90. When he dies, he gets reincarnated. My understanding is that some Tibetan monks work out who is born bang on when dies and that per… (View Post)