He can't have met many. I've spent years of my career dealing with them, and, like every unaccountable bureaucracy, what they mostly care about is justifying and increasing their own power … (View Post)

My Russian isn't what it was, but this account by a Russian soldier of his travails in Ukraine is book-length absolutely riveting:… (View Post)

When 44% of grades are A or A* as they were last year, they have no meaning at all. I also think there's merit in giving people percentages rather than grades, and also a grade showing their ran… (View Post)

On topic - depressing news but probably not that meaningful this far out. Nevertheless, this might help as it raised a smile from me: Facebook post by the Flat Earth Society: "The Flat Earth Soc… (View Post)

I remember the Yes Minister quote about merging departments leading to efficiencies though - about how you just keep all the existing staff and add a new layer of coordinating staff on top. Certainly… (View Post)