Point 3 - it's crystal clear Rayner didn't mean her apology, as she: - took more than a month to apologise - only apologised when she was verbally abused herself - spent most of her apology justifyin… (View Post)

On cycling deaths, I've nothing statistical to add. But all this talk about the Netherlands reminds me of when I was there having a drink with a friend and her 5-year-old son in Amsterdam. We were si… (View Post)

No the Swiss have FAR FEWER guns than the Americans 28 per hundred people, rather than 120 per hundred, partly because only 28% of households own guns in CH, compared to 42% in the US. https://www.sc… (View Post)

I would say "overusing" rather than "using" - PFI can occasionally work under very specific conditions. But Brown didn't use it to private public services more efficiently. He nev… (View Post)

It certainly was a disastrous blunder, but I'm not even sure it was his worse as there are so many to choose from. There was also his windfall tax on privatised utilities, which incentivised their ex… (View Post)