So we should actually give Ukraine the weapons to do so. (View Post)

Yes. The passionate assessment is that Ukraine are the good guys and Russia are the bad guys. I think we all agree on that? The dispassionate assessment is that Russia is in a uniquely beatable posit… (View Post)

I work in the public sector. I can completely imagine that this got in without approval of Labour politicians. 1) Senior management in the public sector are completely bought into the concept that wh… (View Post)

Off thread - sunset from Strangeways: currently where New Manchester meets old Manchester. Shame about that Travelodge. (View Post)

OK, I will add in data from one small bit of South Manchester: my daughter's primary school has, in the last 8 years, gone from <5% English-as-a-second-language to >40%. This isn't so… (View Post)