And so our old friends 'correlation' and 'causation' once again arrive to remind that they are not, in fact, one and the same. Never mind that a prosperous city state does not mak… (View Post)

On topic - I’m fairly sure we’ll be looking at next autumn. Any later and I think Sunak’ll be punished for imposing on the Christmas break, and for very clearly clinging on as long as he possibly can… (View Post)

I don’t think that’s the point. The point is, the UK voted Johnson in in 2019 with his manifesto. Liz Truss’s legislative agenda was pretty radically different to that. Not really very democratic. (View Post)

Re. the Corbyn 2017 ‘youthquake’ - worth noting that seven years is a long time when you’re young - and it’s not been uneventful either. I daresay a fair few ‘oh Jeremy Corbyn’ types are a little mor… (View Post)

See, out cycling I get (perma-air con as you pedal, though the searing inferno when you occasionally stop is fun) - but our local climbing place gets SO HOT it is ridiculous. I was going to head ther… (View Post)