On topic, Rishi didn't so much rise to the top of politics as fluke up - he got there because Sajid clased with Cummings and Johnson needed another non-white, and then because Truss self-destruc… (View Post)

I think the Civ franchise is a bit tired. The best 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) game by far is the original Master of Orion, which can also be bought on Steam for almost nothing. (View Post)

As my economics tutor argued many decades ago, when you find out how they collect GDP data, and other economic statistics, the question is actually, how can they come out with such plausible and rela… (View Post)

I have been in Switzerland for the last couple of weeks, mixing work and pleasure, exclusively in the German-speaking part. Overall, it's as spotless, safe and pleasant as it has been every othe… (View Post)

Nope. Putin is a classic bully. He only picks on the weak, which NATO isn't. (View Post)