The bit I don't understand is why so many people are so keen to extract and burn our relatively modest reserves of oil and gas when they will be desperately needed for chemicals, pharmaceuticals… (View Post)

My lad was born in Germany and went to Kindergarten there, where he obviously spoke German, but we spoke English at home. For a little while, he thought that children spoke German and adults spoke En… (View Post)

Here in Birmingham, I'd say the main factors driving the exodus are the bin strike, the bankrupt council and dissatisfaction with Labour's policy on Israel/Gaza. (View Post)

Surely it's more likely that Reform's vote mostly came from former Tory voters but that was more than made up for by Lib Dem to Tory switchers. (View Post)

I'd caveat that with the possibility that modern drone warfare may somewhat reduce the need for such large numbers of troops. Desert Storm was a while ago now. (View Post)