Short(ish) answer: Several reasons, but two stand out: 1) My personal hobbyhorse: the catastrophic effect lockdown has had on children, particularly those who were very young in 2020. The number of c… (View Post)

Long term, second lockdown will cause far more deaths than it saved. (View Post)

I'm not sure I agree. On HS2, the level of agreement between politicians and political parties seems relatively high - certainly higher than that among the public at large, or even between gover… (View Post)

The consensus in the conversation is that it is due to the damage done by locking down infants. That cohort were never socialised in the normal way. Many were just left to get on with it while parent… (View Post)

Anecdata: Talking to a bunch of mums tonight. (They are so much more revealing of personal details than dads. To be honest, I preferred it when we were talking about Janet's upcoming trip to Sca… (View Post)