What's the point of calling it a sport when they spend 80% of the game milling around? I went to a game once and was bored out of my skull. Maybe half an hour of doing something in three hours of gam… (View Post)

There is something deeply pathetic about an uncharismatic man trying to appear charismatic - I call that the "John Major problem". Just as there's something equally sad about an incompetent… (View Post)

That's defeatism. There's nothing difficult or abstract about generating economic growth. Low taxes, low spending and light but effective regulation encourage the private sector to invest and expand … (View Post)

If making martyrs solved anything by itself the Middle East would be the most peaceful part of the world, not the most violent. (View Post)

I'm not sure that's right. Many governments in the 80s and 90s were deeply unpopular at the start. What caused their core supporters to stick with them was the idea that they had a goal they were sti… (View Post)