The UK is middling to good in a European context. We rightly focus on the negative things that set us apart - like industrial electricity costs - but on most measures we're not bad at all. That … (View Post)

I'm surprised that Sunak didn't give it a go then. (View Post)

Genuinely quite interesting (I haven't bothered to check whether the study is robust). Suggests that the judiciary and juries have opposite biases. I wonder if it's a kind of underdog tende… (View Post)

Such people would be escaping a genuinely dangerous country that borders Scotland, so I'd expect us to fulfill our obligations ;) (I hope the Canadians have developed a secret plan just in case … (View Post)

My holiday has started with the automatic door on this ScotRail service knocking a coffee out of my hand and all over my clothes. About to spend 4 days cycling in torrential rain - typical west coast… (View Post)