Individually, each of these things might be a good idea. My point is that they are incoherent and in many cases verge on trivial. In some cases they seem very undercooked from a delivery perspective.… (View Post)

I’m instinctively hostile to simply banning cigarettes. But I guess that’s just me. I find it bizarre that in the US, marijuana is now broadly tolerated but cigarette smoking is actively shunned. (View Post)

I personally believe he has a notable political cloth-ear. (View Post)

Totally harmless, except that it again exposes the bizarre Soviet-style centralisation of UK government. Councils - when they are not going bankrupt - are literally having to bid to install chess boa… (View Post)

Government announced £1M for 100 public chess tables. Local governments have to bid for a slice of the funding. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-22/rishi-sunak-channels-1-million-to-at… (View Post)