Think of all the old power stations along the Thames. If electricity were regionally priced, they'd still be there, next to where the juice is used. And it is not NIMBYs that shut them down. (View Post)

Just as well since half the British Museum's stock got nicked. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66543589 (View Post)

There was from me because I used to like showing colleagues from overseas Elizabeth Fry's blue plaque near the Bank of England and whipping out a fiver. Before Churchill was added, no-one cared.… (View Post)

The plan to remove Churchill (and all people except HMK) from banknotes is stupid though. It offends (some) people for no obvious gain. There should have been a phone call on day one to head this off… (View Post)

This purge, if it is that, is sadly not unlike those practised by Keir Starmer and Boris. Go back just a little further and David Cameron and Michael Howard also ended others' careers on ideolog… (View Post)