No, the fact that we have had a run of mostly decent monarchs over the last 90 years doesn't invalidate that it is a genetic lottery. We could have had Edward VIII during WW2 and the Cold War if… (View Post)

Chelyabinsk metallurgical plant the other day too, 1800 km from Ukraine. The "Tankograd" built in 1941 to be safely in the Urals. 1) Russian air defence must be nearly non existent for such… (View Post)

What, like a mob attacking Congress threastening to lynch the Vice President? (View Post)

On the contrary. The report I linked to shows that Healthy Life Expectancy is down by 2 years, but life expectancy is unchanged. So people are living as long, just not enjoying good health. This is a… (View Post)

Pretty appalling UK figures on healthy life expectancy, declining by 2 years in the last decade. It has improved slowly in comparable countries: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/27/people… (View Post)