Somebody once said that Singapore is a democracy that feels like an enlightened despotism while (pre-1997) Hong Kong was an enlightened despotism that felt like a democracy. Plenty of truth in that, … (View Post)

He also has the attention span of a fruitfly with ADHD so it might. (View Post)

I see the Russian ambassador has speculated, without evidence, that we helped the Ukrainians with their attacks at the weekend. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/05/russia-uk-ambassador-… (View Post)

Two obvious objections to that strategy: a) you had 14 years b) Liz Truss. Fair or not, I can't see that being a winning strategy right now. (View Post)

Any scripted empathy from people or bots who are only talking with you in the first place because they're paid to do so is more than faintly nauseating. (View Post)