This is very difficult to judge because I don't really know what a SPAD is supposed to do. If you're looking for a subject-area expert who is on on-call pretty much all the time and lives i… (View Post)

I'd have thought this was the case across loads of topics, not just climate change. Some men find it very difficult to accept that someone else could be more of an expert than them - a particula… (View Post)

I'm more worried that scientists are deliberately downplaying the outputs of their models so as to appear more credible. Some of the tipping point stuff looks seriously nasty. Massive uncertaint… (View Post)

The Thunberg arrest will be interesting. The police have arrested over 2,500 people so far and haven't secured a single conviction. Whatever you think of PA, the Terrorism Act, or these individu… (View Post)

Absolutely - but that's because it's so easily avoidable - only 5% of estates pay it. Short of some more radical reform, I'd suggest tightening the rules up would be a better solution.… (View Post)