The real battle at the next election is whether to stick to a now-bankrupt model (Sunak) or whether to follow Biden and Europe toward the next thing (hesitantly, Starmer). https://www.thedailybeast.c… (View Post)

Banning smoking is repressive. Better to liberalise marijuana use the better to regulate its strength and availability. As for sugary foods, I rather think the culprit is ultra-high processed foods, … (View Post)

Very good and thoroughly damning from @Cyclefree. The period since 2016 has truly been a low, dishonest decade. (View Post)

The Gray / Case affair stinks. We were assured that Gray had acted improperly in interviewing with Starmer, but what seems to have happened is that Case went all in against Gray in an act of malice; … (View Post)

Of course. But it’s one thing not to have a map when your boat is sailing steadily if uncertainly down the Amazon. It’s another when you’ve deliberately shot several holes in the hull. (View Post)