France has made better choices and delivered, in general, a better quality of life. But it’s dirigisme means that it’s no richer than the UK. (View Post)

Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia (the latter not in he EU) gives Russia an authoritarian, revanchist bloc right in the heart of Central Europe. Looking at a map, you can see why bringing Romania over wou… (View Post)

Someone wrote, “could care less” on this site yesterday. Absolute filth. (View Post)

Yes, but we all need to heed Plato and the many, many other loons we have seen lose their intellectual bearings. (View Post)

The capture you talk about has been a clear risk for fifteen years or more. And we have been on this journey since the deregulation of media that took place in the 80s and 90s. It may be that digital… (View Post)