I'd love to know who that was. There is a real blindness among the public at large in how much greater a billion is than a million. It's depressing but not surprising that this includes MPs. (View Post)

My expectation that a Reform government will fail shambolically is based only on the empirical evidence that a Reform government will be a government and all governments fail shambolically. To think … (View Post)

He's second favourite because lost of gamblers on politics vote on 'it should be him because he's best', not understanding that being best is only one of a number of factors leadi… (View Post)

I've never really had the opportunity for solo travel. But isn't part of the joy of it that should you find your companions dull you needn't spend any time with them? (View Post)

I walked out of Bambi aged about that. Not because it was stupid, just because it was sad. In fact, I had form for absenting myself from immersion in fiction I found stressful. At infant school, I wo… (View Post)