Subsiding energy prices is a really inefficient way to do it though, for two reasons: 1) Energy consumption correlates closely with income. The richest households burn much more gas and petrol/diesel… (View Post)

It's relative. All I have to do is check my student loan balance, or pick up a prescription, or drive down the A1 to the NE of England, to get a reminder. Or look at GDP figures which sees Scotl… (View Post)

More to the point, what's the point of Dubai if you can't put WWIII up on Instagram/Tiktok? (View Post)

A I don't get the sense that the Iranian regime will settle after a week (and that's assuming that have any semblance of control over the various IRGC units). But this kind of reporting sug… (View Post)

This is why international law is actually a good thing to try for. All fun and games until the freedom of navigation has been suspended, genocide tolerated, the Iranians are blowing up oil tankers, a… (View Post)