Nail on head here. Things got a lot better from about 2000 onwards, although you also got some shite PFI architecture and also a rash of what I call “Tesco towers” (cheap apartment blocks that tend t… (View Post)

I can’t keep up with the volume of public sector dysfunction, of which the strikes are but one indicator. My friend, whose wife is a judge, tells me she’s not busy anymore as the court system has “co… (View Post)

The article I just posted suggests that Treasury deliberately throttles med student intake because more doctors might mean they deliver more healthcare which in turn needs paying for. (View Post)

Have you heard of the fallacy of composition? You seem to struggle to tell the difference between the EU institutions, individual EU commissioners and parliamentarians, and the various nation states. (View Post)

Ganesh is a superb stylist, but I fear he is tending to the over-ripe. If he doesn’t watch out he will go full Tyler Brûlé and end up a risible self-pastiche. (View Post)