Thanks. So it looks like Peter Hutchins idea that “ the view that climate change is caused by human activity remains controversial” is not really true in the UK, certainly not amongst significant pol… (View Post)

That is a world where being a politician is not a career, not the sole source of income for most MPs. I suspect going back to a world where MPs were drawn exclusively from those of independent means … (View Post)

There is always an xkcd: (View Post)

The problem is that there are such things as “donors” in the fist place. It would be great if a system could be devised that got rid of them, but how to do that without political parties voting for h… (View Post)

“Subtlety” and “pun” are two words that can only share a sentence if accompanied by “not” or one of its synonyms. (View Post)