The fact that it keeps failing to get built despite heavy government and business backing reminds me of Einstein's definition of insanity. Building a ruinously expensive new runway in an area surroun… (View Post)

Also why did they swallow Chinese bullshit about the origins of COVID? Why did they give it a neutral name, while happily referring for decades to German measles and Spanish influenza, amongst others… (View Post)

Why this fixation with doing a "deal" with Russia? It implies that such deal is worth the paper it's written on. Which it clearly wouldn't be: Budapest Memorandum, Minsk, Conventional Force… (View Post)

No, that was Johnson's embrace of soft socialism and financial incontinence, and then Liz Truss's truly extraordinary performance in office. Brexit was one of the few undoubtedly popular things he di… (View Post)

Might want to change its name to something like Church of Old, Habit-Driven, Traditionalist England With Nothing Better To Do On A Sunday. (View Post)