But you would have to be so stupid - so very, very stupid - to president in this way that 4D chess has a whiff of plausibility to it. And it seems implausible that someone that stupid could find hims… (View Post)

Yes, there's a wide range of views on China's leadership's competence. Personally I tend to the view that incompetence is baked into autocracy and that China is no exception, and that … (View Post)

Right, I'm off out now, but Sean F seems to be picking up the lines I would - assume I agree with him until I returm. (View Post)

Tweeting positively about Jimmy Savile seems an easy trap to avoid. What next,a hagiography of Fred and Rose West? (View Post)

I'd just quite like religion not to be presented as fact. Singing a hymn, or praying, is to my mind implicitly presenting religion as fact. I have no real objection to kids learning about Christ… (View Post)