Sands book exposes the cruelty that we inflicted on the Chagos Islands, and the long court case that recognised that the BIOT was illegally separated from Mauritius. https://www.theguardian.com/books… (View Post)

Probably the most recent one would be Vance (albeit not yet President). There is too a generational issue. There was massive expansion of the US middle class and major upward social mobility in the U… (View Post)

One of the great American myths is of social mobility. Log cabin to white House etc. It still isn't impossible, but America has lower social mobility now than many European countries, including … (View Post)

Isn't it mostly that we are adjusting to the norm of real positive gilt and interest rates? As indeed are other countries, hence the cost of debt goes up and up? These have effectively been nega… (View Post)

A bit of a problem doing planned burns though when the dry season doesn't end, such as LA in 2024.. (View Post)