Incredible value for money though given it's actually being used to destroy our primary adversary's army and economy. £60 billion on defence doesn't even get us an operating attack sub… (View Post)

Scottish Water is nationalised and does not have a brilliant record, concealed somewhat by the fact we have gallons of the stuff. Pollution is still pretty bad but somehow better because it's th… (View Post)

1) Yes, and? If it gets overturned on appeal it’s even more egregious because the system has failed in the first instance 2) It’s not an aggravating factor, it’s a different crime. There are people w… (View Post)

I think that we have both very successful privatisation and disastrous privatisation is great because we are forced to discuss the mechanisms rather than revert to ideology. FWIW, I want to see more … (View Post)

The man who did that was rightly convicted of grievous bodily harm. He was not convicted of a terrorism offence, and has been sentenced for that anyway, along with those only (rightly) convicted of c… (View Post)