If it were a challenge, we might just about be able to do it. James Hansen once calculated that if we were to burn all the extractable fossil fuels quickly enough, we could trigger a runaway greenhou… (View Post)

Another Brexit vision sadly turns out to be a mirage: 3 December 2020: The government has unveiled plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening. The proposals form part of an e… (View Post)

Yes, invading other countries is almost always wrong. It was wrong when Germany invaded Poland, when the US invaded Iraq and when Russia invaded Ukraine. It's really not hard to see who the bad guys … (View Post)

I, on the other hand, went through a phase in my youth when people kept asking me if I could sell them some gear and would get quite arsy/suspicious when I said no. I was never a dealer but was obvio… (View Post)

Our system of government in which MPs are closely tied with individual constituencies probably doesn't help. Every decision is made with regard to its possible effect on each particular local MP's ch… (View Post)