The world has changed. (View Post)

While it in no way justifies Putin's invasion of Ukraine, you can understand Russian anxiety about NATO expansion. Imagine if the tables were turned, and Mexico was now considering joining the Warsaw… (View Post)

Isn't that exactly what you'd expect? The rate of growth to slow in the face of diminishing returns? (View Post)

Britain's problem was that if we'd sat the war out and Germany / Austria-Hungary had won, then the continent would have ended up dominated by a powerful enemy. If France / Russia has managed to preva… (View Post)

There's no point at all in carbon capture schemes any more, so that's another few bob. (View Post)